Buchanania

Buchanania is a genus of plants in the mango and cashew family Anacardiaceae, native to areas from India to southern China, and southwards to northern Australia and the western Pacific.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Taxonomy
* 3 Distribution
* 4 Species
* 4.1 Formerly placed here
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Description

This genus consists of trees with Template:Botanygloss, unlobed leaves arranged alternately on the twigs. Flowers are produced in Template:Botanygloss or terminal panicles. Flowers are bisexual, i.e. they have both male and female organs. They usually have 5 Template:Botanygloss lobes and 5 petals, sometimes 4 or 6, and are pale green to white. There are 10 stamens and 4–6 carpels, only one of which is fertile. Fruits are more or less lens-shaped drupes with a bony or woody Template:Botanygloss, and contain a single seed.[3][4] Unlike other genera in the family, Buchanania does not appear to cause contact dermatitis.[5]: 195

## Taxonomy

The genus Buchanania was erected in 1801 by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel based on a collection of plant material by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton from what is now Myanmar. The genus was named after the collector.[3][6]

## Distribution

The genus is native to areas from South and Southeast Asia, extending to northern Australia and the western Pacific. The full distribution is as follows:[1][2]

* Indian subcontinent: Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
* China & East Asia: China South-Central, Hainan, Taiwan,
* Indo-China: Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam
* Malesia: Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera
* Papuasia: Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is.
* Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
* Western Pacific: Caroline Is., Fiji, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Vanuatu

## Species

As of 21 April 2024[update], Plants of the World Online recognises 26 species in the genus,[2] as follows:

* Buchanania abrahamiana E.S.S.Kumar & Shareef – India
* Buchanania amboinensis Miq. – Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
* Buchanania arborescens (Blume) Blume – India, Taiwan, tropical Asia, northern Australia, western Pacific
* Buchanania attenuata A.C.Sm. – Santa Cruz Islands, Fiji
* Buchanania axillaris (Desr.) Ramamoorthy – India, Sri Lanka
* Buchanania barberi Gamble – India
* Buchanania engleriana Volkens – Caroline Islands
* Buchanania evrardii Tardieu – Cambodia
* Buchanania ferruginea Engl. – India
* Buchanania glabra Wall. ex Engl. – India, Indo-China
* Buchanania insignis Blume – Borneo, Philippines
* Buchanania lanceolata Wight – southwestern India, Myanmar
* Buchanania lancifolia Roxb. – Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Myanmar
* Buchanania lanzan Spreng. – Indian subcontinent, southern China, Indo-China
* Buchanania macrocarpa Lauterb. – Maluku Islands, Papuasia
* Buchanania mangoides F.Muell. – Queensland
* Buchanania merrillii Christoph. – Samoa
* Buchanania microphylla Engl. – Hainan, Philippines
* Buchanania nitida Engl. – Philippines, Maluku Islands
* Buchanania obovata Engl. – northern Australia
* Buchanania palawensis Lauterb. – Palau
* Buchanania reticulata Hance – Indo-China
* Buchanania sessifolia Blume – Assam, Indo-China, western Malesia
* Buchanania siamensis Miq. – Indo-China
* Buchanania splendens Miq. – Andaman Islands & Nicobar Islands, Sumatra, Borneo
* Buchanania vitiensis Engl. – Fiji

### Formerly placed here

The following names were previously recognised as species of Buchanania.

* Buchanania cochinchinensis (Lour.) M.R.Almeida – now Glycosmis cochinchinensis (Lour.) Pierre ex Engl.[7]
* Buchanania yunnanensis C.Y.Wu – now Spondias pinnata (L.f.) Kurz[8]
* Buchanania zeylanica Blume – now Mangifera zeylanica (Blume) Hook.f.[9]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Buchanania". 2024. https://www.gbif.org/species/3190571.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Buchanania Spreng.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1755-1.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jessup, L.W. (2022). "Buchanania". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Buchanania.
4. ↑ Pell, S. K.; Mitchell, J. D.; Miller, A. J.; Lobova, T. A. (2010). "Anacardiaceae". The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. 10 Flowering Plants. Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae. Berlin: Springer. pp. 7–50. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14397-7_3. ISBN 978-3-642-14396-0.
5. ↑ Beaman, John H. (1986). "Allergenic Asian Anacardiaceae". Clinics in Dermatology 4 (2): 191–203. doi:10.1016/0738-081X(86)90078-7. PMID 2941130.
6. ↑ Sprengel, Kurt Polycarp Joachim (1801). "Buchanania Lanzan eine neue Gattung" (in de, la). Journal für die Botanik 1800 (2): 234. https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb10303230?page=258,259. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
7. ↑ "Buchanania cochinchinensis (Lour.) M.R.Almeida". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20008347-1.
8. ↑ "Buchanania yunnanensis C.Y.Wu". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69347-1.
9. ↑ "Buchanania zeylanica Blume". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69348-1.

## External links

* "Buchanania Spreng.". Atlas of Living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2898362.

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