Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Machilus
open-in-new
<h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p><i>Machilus</i> are evergreen trees or shrubs,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> some species growing as much as 30 m tall. Their entire, pinnately veined leaves are alternately borne along the stems. Their <a href="/facts/Plant_sexuality/Up20kQT3">bisexual</a> flowers are borne in inflorescences that are usually paniculate, terminal, subterminal, or arising from near base of branchlets, with long peduncles or rarely without peduncles. Perianth tubes are short; perianth lobes 6 in 2 series, equal, subequal, or occasionally outer ones conspicuously smaller than inner ones, usually persistent, rarely deciduous. Fertile stamens 9 in 3 series, anthers 4-celled, 1st and 2nd series of stamens eglandular, anthers introrse, 3rd series of stamens glandular, anthers extrorse or lateral, glands stipitate to sessile. Staminodes in 4th series, sagittate. Ovary sessile; stigmas small, dish-shaped or capitate. Fruits are fleshy, globose, rarely ellipsoid or oblong, subtended at base by persistent and reflexed perianth lobes; the fruiting pedicel does not become enlarged. </p> <h2 id="species">Species</h2> <p>The genus includes the following species:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i>Machilus attenuata</i> F.N.Wei & S.C.Tang – China (Guangxi)</li> <li><i>Machilus austroguizhouensis</i> S.K. Lee & F.N. Wei – China (Guizhou and Guangxi)</li> <li><i>Machilus balansae</i> (Airy Shaw) F.N. Wei & S.C. Tang – northern Vietnam</li> <li><i>Machilus bokorensis</i> Yahara & Tagane – Cambodia</li> <li><i>Machilus bonii</i> Lecomte – China (southeastern Yunnan, southwestern Guizhou, and western Guangxi) and Vietnam</li> <li><i>Machilus boninensis</i> Koidz. – <a href="/facts/Ogasawara_Islands/vGNVKnTT">Ogasawara Islands</a></li> <li><i>Machilus breviflora</i> (Benth.) Hemsl. – China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Hainan)</li> <li><i>Machilus brevipaniculata</i> Yahara & Tagane – Cambodia</li> <li><i>Machilus calcicola</i> C.J. Qi – China (northeastern Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan)</li> <li><i>Machilus cambodiana</i> Mase, Tagane & Yahara – described from <a href="/facts/Keo_Seima_Wildlife_Sanctuary/yYISr8cn">Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary</a>, Cambodia<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><i>Machilus cavaleriei</i> H. Lév. – China (southern Guizhou and northwestern Guangxi) and Vietnam</li> <li><i>Machilus chayuensis</i> S.K. Lee – southeastern Tibet</li> <li><i>Machilus chekiangensis</i> S.K. Lee – China (Hong Kong, Fujian, and Zhejiang)</li> <li><i>Machilus chienkweiensis</i> S.K. Lee – China (southeastern Guizhou and northern Guangxi)</li> <li><i>Machilus chinensis</i> (Benth.) Hemsl. – China (Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hong Kong) and Vietnam</li> <li><i>Machilus chrysotricha</i> H.W.Li – China (northwestern and central Yunnan)</li> <li><i>Machilus chuanchienensis</i> S.K.Lee – China (southeastern Sichuan and northeastern Guizhou)</li> <li><i>Machilus cicatricosa</i> S.K. Lee – Vietnam and Hainan</li> <li><i>Machilus clarkeana</i> King ex Hook.f. – Nepal, <a href="/facts/East_Himalaya/zkr63TIg">East Himalaya</a>, eastern India, and Myanmar</li> <li><i>Machilus cochinchinensis</i> Lecomte – Laos and Vietnam</li> <li><i>Machilus coriacea</i> A.Chev. – Vietnam</li> <li><i>Machilus curranii</i> Merr. – <a href="/facts/Luzon/dJNpzhEM">Luzon</a></li> <li><i>Machilus daozhenensis</i> Y.K. Li – China (<a href="/facts/Daozhen/G4hGHcDe">Daozhen</a> in Guizhou)</li> <li><i>Machilus declinata</i> (Blume) de Kok – Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java</li> <li><i>Machilus decursinervis</i> Chun – southern China and Vietnam</li> <li><i>Machilus dinganensis</i> S.K. Lee & F.N. Wei – China (Guangdong and Hainan)</li> <li><i>Machilus dubia</i> Das & P.C.Kanjilal – Bhutan, <a href="/facts/East_Himalaya/zkr63TIg">East Himalaya</a>, and eastern India</li> <li><i>Machilus dumicola</i> (W.W. Sm.) H.W. Li</li> <li><i>Machilus duthiei</i> King</li> <li><i>Machilus edulis</i> King ex Hook.f.</li> <li><i>Machilus fasciculata</i> H.W. Li</li> <li><i>Machilus foonchewii</i> S.K. Lee</li> <li><i>Machilus forrestii</i> (W.W.Sm.) L.Li, J.Li & H.W.Li</li> <li><i>Machilus fruticosa</i> Kurz</li> <li><i>Machilus fukienensis</i> Hung T. Chang</li> <li><i>Machilus gamblei</i> King ex Hook. f.</li> <li><i>Machilus glabrophylla</i> J.F. Zuo</li> <li><i>Machilus glaucescens</i> (Nees) Wight</li> <li><i>Machilus glaucifolia</i> S.K. Lee & F.N. Wei</li> <li><i>Machilus gongshanensis</i> H.W. Li</li> <li><i>Machilus gracillima</i> Chun</li> <li><i>Machilus grandibracteata</i> S.K. Lee & F.N. Wei</li> <li><i>Machilus grijsii</i> Hance</li> <li><i>Machilus hemsleyi</i> Nakai</li> <li><i>Machilus holadena</i> H. Liu</li> <li><i>Machilus ichangensis</i> Rehder & E.H. Wilson</li> <li><i>Machilus japonica</i> Siebold & Zucc.</li> <li><i>Machilus kingii</i> Hook.f.</li> <li><i>Machilus kobu</i> Maxim.</li> <li><i>Machilus kochummenii</i> de Kok</li> <li><i>Machilus konishii</i> Hayata</li> <li><i>Machilus kurzii</i> King ex Hook. f.</li> <li><i>Machilus kwangtungensis</i> Yen C. Yang</li> <li><i>Machilus lenticellata</i> S.K. Lee & F.N. Wei</li> <li><i>Machilus leptophylla</i> Hand.-Mazz.</li> <li><i>Machilus lichuanensis</i> W.C. Cheng</li> <li><i>Machilus listeri</i> King ex Hook.f.</li> <li><i>Machilus litseifolia</i> S.K. Lee</li> <li><i>Machilus lohuiensis</i> S.K. Lee</li> <li><i>Machilus longipes</i> Hung T. Chang</li> <li><i>Machilus mangdangshanensis</i> Q.F. Zheng</li> <li><i>Machilus melanophylla</i> H.W. Li</li> <li><i>Machilus miaoshanensis</i> F.N. Wei & C.Q. Lin</li> <li><i>Machilus microcarpa</i> Hemsl.</li> <li><i>Machilus microphylla</i> (H.W.Li) L.Li, J.Li & H.W.Li</li> <li><i>Machilus minkweiensis</i> S.K. Lee</li> <li><i>Machilus minutiflora</i> (H.W.Li) L.Li, J.Li & H.W.Li</li> <li><i>Machilus minutiloba</i> S.K. Lee</li> <li><i>Machilus montana</i> L.Li, J.Li & H.W.Li</li> <li><i>Machilus monticola</i> S.K. Lee</li> <li><i>Machilus multinervia</i> H. Liu</li> <li><i>Machilus nakaoi</i> S.K. Lee</li> <li><i>Machilus nanchuanensis</i> N. Chao</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Machilus_nanmu/65les8Dn">Machilus nanmu</a></i> (Oliv.) Hemsl.</li> <li><i>Machilus obovatifolia</i> (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki</li> <li><i>Machilus obscurinervis</i> S.K. Lee</li> <li><i>Machilus oculodracontis</i> Chun</li> <li><i>Machilus oreophila</i> Hance</li> <li><i>Machilus ovatiloba</i> S.K. Lee</li> <li><i>Machilus obscurinervis</i> S.K.Lee</li> <li><i>Machilus oculodracontis</i> Chun</li> <li><i>Machilus odoratissimus</i> Nees</li> <li><i>Machilus oreophila</i> Hance</li> <li><i>Machilus ovatiloba</i> S.K.Lee</li> <li><i>Machilus parabreviflora</i> Hung T. Chang</li> <li><i>Machilus pauhoi</i> Kaneh.</li> <li><i>Machilus phoenicis</i> Dunn</li> <li><i>Machilus platycarpa</i> Chun</li> <li><i>Machilus pomifera</i> (Kosterm.) S.K. Lee</li> <li><i>Machilus pseudokobu</i> Koidz.</li> <li><i>Machilus pubescens</i> Blume</li> <li><i>Machilus pyramidalis</i> H.W. Li</li> <li><i>Machilus rehderi</i> C.K. Allen</li> <li><i>Machilus reticulata</i> K.M. Lan</li> <li><i>Machilus rimosa</i> (Blume) Blume</li> <li><i>Machilus robusta</i> W.W. Sm.</li> <li><i>Machilus rufipes</i> H.W. Li</li> <li><i>Machilus salicina</i> Hance</li> <li><i>Machilus salicoides</i> S.K. Lee</li> <li><i>Machilus seimensis</i> Mase, Tagane & Yahara – described from <a href="/facts/Keo_Seima_Wildlife_Sanctuary/yYISr8cn">Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary</a>, Cambodia<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><i>Machilus sericea</i> (Nees) Blume</li> <li><i>Machilus shiwandashanica</i> Hung T. Chang</li> <li><i>Machilus shweliensis</i> W.W. Sm.</li> <li><i>Machilus sichourensis</i> H.W. Li</li> <li><i>Machilus sichuanensis</i> N. Chao</li> <li><i>Machilus submultinervia</i> Y.K. Li</li> <li><i>Machilus sumatrana</i> (Kosterm.) F.N. Wei & S.C. Tang</li> <li><i>Machilus tenuipilis</i> H.W. Li</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Machilus_thunbergii/FDwCoHly">Machilus thunbergii</a></i> Siebold & Zucc.</li> <li><i>Machilus tingzhourensis</i> M.M. Lin, T.F. Que & S.Q. Zheng</li> <li><i>Machilus velutina</i> Champ. ex Benth.</li> <li><i>Machilus velutinoides</i> S.K. Lee & F.N. Wei</li> <li><i>Machilus verruculosa</i> H.W. Li</li> <li><i>Machilus versicolora</i> S.K. Lee & F.N. Wei</li> <li><i>Machilus viridis</i> Hand.-Mazz.</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Machilus_wangchiana/ErDG6jh8">Machilus wangchiana</a></i> Chun</li> <li><i>Machilus wenshanensis</i> H.W. Li</li> <li><i>Machilus yunnanensis</i> Lecomte</li> <li><i>Machilus zuihoensis</i> Hayata</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>Su-Hwa Wu; Ching-Yuan Hwang; Tsan-Piao Lin; Jeng-Der Chung; Yu-Pin Cheng; Shih-Ying Hwang (2006), <a href="http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw/bitstream/246246/161801/1/19.pdf">"Contrasting phylogeographical patterns of two closely related species, <i>Machilus thunbergii</i> and <i>Machilus kusanoi</i> (Lauraceae), in Taiwan"</a> (PDF), <i>Journal of Biogeography</i>, 33 (5): 936–947, <a href="/facts/Bibcode_(identifier)/9HtdQSGB">Bibcode</a>:<a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006JBiog..33..936W">2006JBiog..33..936W</a>, <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2699.2006.01431.x">10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01431.x</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Machilus Nees. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 29 August 2022. <a href="https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21446-1" target="_blank">https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21446-1</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Tropicos.org". <a href="http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005008?tab=synonyms" target="_blank">http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005008?tab=synonyms</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Shugang Li; Xi-wen Li; Jie Li; Puhua Huang; Fa-Nan Wei; Hongbin Cui; Henk van der Werff. "Machilus Rumphius ex Nees in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 61, 70. 1831". Flora of China. <a href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=119262" target="_blank">http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=119262</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Shugang Li; Xi-wen Li; Jie Li; Puhua Huang; Fa-Nan Wei; Hongbin Cui; Henk van der Werff. "Machilus Rumphius ex Nees in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 61, 70. 1831". Flora of China. <a href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=119262" target="_blank">http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=119262</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Machilus Nees. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 29 August 2022. <a href="https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21446-1" target="_blank">https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21446-1</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Mase, K., Tagane, S., Chhang, P., & Yahara, T. (2020). A Taxonomic Study of Machilus (Lauraceae) in Cambodia based on DNA Barcodes and Morphological Observations. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica, 71(2), 79–101. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Mase, K., Tagane, S., Chhang, P., & Yahara, T. (2020). A Taxonomic Study of Machilus (Lauraceae) in Cambodia based on DNA Barcodes and Morphological Observations. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica, 71(2), 79–101. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>