Corchorus tridens

Corchorus tridens

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Grewioideae
Tribus: Apeibeae
Genus: Corchorus
Species: Corchorus tridens

Name

Corchorus tridens L., 1771

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Corchorus burmanni DC. in Prodr. 1: 505 (1824)
  • Corchorus patens Lehm. in Linnaea 3(Litt.): 9 (1828)
  • Corchorus senegalensis Juss. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 417 (1840)
  • Corchorus tridens var. euryphyllus Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 381 (1927)
  • Corchorus trilocularis Burm.f. in Fl. Indica: 123 (1768), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World Afghanistan, Angola, Assam, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Queensland, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Bolivia, Egypt, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum Altera. Generum Editionis VI et Specierum Editionis II. Holmiae [Stockholm]. pp. [6] + 143­–587, Appendix. BHL Reference page. : ii. 2:566.

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Corchorus tridens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Corchorus tridens. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Corchorus tridens. Published online. Accessed: September 19 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Corchorus tridens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 September 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Corchorus tridens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 28-Oct-07.

Vernacular names

English: wild jute

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