Calophyllum inophyllum

Calophyllum inophyllum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Calophyllaceae
Tribus: Calophylleae
Genus: Calophyllum
Species: Calophyllum inophyllum

Name

Calophyllum inophyllum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 513. 1753.

• Lectotypus: Herb. Hermann 2: 82, No. 201 (BM-000594641) (JSTOR Global Plants) (designated by Bamps & al. in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa. Guttiferae: 3. 1978).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Balsamaria inophyllum (L.) Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 470. 1790.
• Heterotypic
  • Calophyllum bingator Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 41. 1814; Fl. Ind. 2: 607. 1824.
  • Calophyllum blumei Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: 128. 1838.
    • Calophyllum inophyllum β blumei (Wight) Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar. 276. 1848.
  • Calophyllum inophyllum f. oblongata Miq., Pl. Jungh. 291. 1854.
  • Calophyllum inophyllum f. obovata Miq., Pl. Jungh. 291. 1854.
  • Calophyllum ovatifolium Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 13. 1790.
  • Calophyllum inophyllum var. takamaka Fosberg, Kew Bull. 29(2): 255. 1974.
  • Calophyllum wakamatsui Kaneh., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 401. 1934.
    • Calophyllum inophyllum var. wakamatsui (Kaneh.) Fosberg & Sachet, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 45: 12. 1980.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Guinea (introduced). Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Congo, Gabon (all introduced), Gulf of Guinea Islands (Bioko). Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Mozambique. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Aldabra, Chagos Archipelago, Comoros (Comoros, Mayotte), Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles. Continental: Asia-Temperate (all introduced) Regional: China China South-Central (Yunnan (?)), Hainan, China Southeast (Guangdong (?)). Regional: Eastern Asia Kazan-retto, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, India (Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, all introduced), Laccadive Islands, Maldives, Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Jawa, Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore), Philippines, Christmas Isle. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago. Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Nauru, Niue, New Caledonia, Phoenix Islands, Samoa (American Samoa, Western Samoa), Tokelau-Manihiki (Swains Island, Tokelau), Tonga, Tuvalu (introduced), Wallis-Futuna Islands. Regional: South-Central Pacific Cook Islands, Line Islands (Kiribati Line Islands, U.S. Line Islands), Marquesas, Society Islands, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands (Micronesia Federated States, Palau), Marianas (Guam, Northern Marianas), Marshall Islands. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands: Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii Island; introduced) Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida (introduced). Continental: Southern America (all introduced) Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago. Regional: Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 513. Reference page. 
• Jarvis, C.E. 2007. Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types. London: Linnean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, ISBN 978-0-9506207-7-0, p. 376. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Calophyllum inophyllum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 17. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Calophyllum inophyllum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Calophyllum inophyllum. Published online. Accessed: Jul 17 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Calophyllum inophyllum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Jul 2019.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Alexandrinischer Lorbeer
English: Alexandrian-laurel, balltree, beach calophyllum, beach touriga, beautyleaf, Borneo-mahogany, Indian doomba oiltree, Indian-laurel, laurelwood, satin touriga, tacamahac-tree
español: palo de Santa María, palo María, undi

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