Anacardium
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Anacardium, the cashews, are a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas. The best known species is Anacardium occidentale, which is commercially cultivated for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The name Anacardium, originally from the Greek, actually refers to the nut, core or heart of the fruit, which is outwardly located (ana means "upwards" and -cardium means "heart").
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The oldest species of the genus Anacardium is Anacardium germanicum from the Eocene aged Messel Pit of Germany, well outside the current range of the genus.[2] They were present in the Americas by the Oligocene-Miocene, as evidenced by the species Anacardium gassonii from Panama.[3]
As of July 2020[update], the PoWO (Plants of the World Online) accepts 13 species:[4]
- Anacardium amapaense J.D.Mitch.
- Anacardium amilcarianum Machado
- Anacardium brasiliense Barb.Rodr.
- Anacardium caracolii Mutis ex Alba
- Anacardium corymbosum Barb.Rodr.
- Anacardium excelsum L.
- Anacardium fruticosum J.Mitch. & S.A.Mori
- Anacardium giganteum (Bertero & Balb. ex Kunth) Skeels
- Anacardium humile Hance ex Engl.
- Anacardium microsepalum Loes.
- Anacardium nanum A.St.-Hil.
- Anacardium occidentale L.
- Anacardium parvifolium Ducke
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Anacardium L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-11-23. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- ↑ Manchester, Steven R.; Wilde, Volker; Collinson, Margaret E. (October 2007). "Fossil Cashew Nuts from the Eocene of Europe: Biogeographic Links between Africa and South America". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 168 (8): 1199–1206. doi:10.1086/520728. ISSN 1058-5893. S2CID 84629334.
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- ↑ Kew Science Plants of the World Online, retrieved 11 July 2020
External links
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