Cordia sinensis

Cordia sinensis

Cordia sinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Cordioideae
Genus: Cordia
Species: Cordia sinensis

Name

Cordia sinensis Lam., 1792

Synonyms

• Cordia angustifolia Roxb.
• Cordia cuneata B.Heyne ex A.DC.
• Cordia gharaf Ehrenb. ex Asch.
• Cordia oblongifolia Hochst. ex A.DC.
• Cordia reticulata Roth
• Cordia rothii Roem. & Schult.
• Cordia subopposita A.DC.
• Gerascanthus gharaf (Ehrenb. ex Asch.) Borhidi
• Gerascanthus sinensis (Lam.) Borhidi
• Lithocardium rothii (Roem. & Schult.) Kuntze
• Quarena sinensis (Lam.) Raf.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Lebanon-Syria, Palestine Regional: Arabian Peninsula Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Indo-China Myanmar Extinct in: Socotra References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1791–1793 ["1791"]. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Botanique. Premiere livraison. XVI+496 pp., tt. 1–111. Panckoucke, Paris. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1: 423.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cordia sinensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cordia sinensis. Published online. Accessed: Oct 09 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cordia sinensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Oct 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cordia sinensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Vaalblaarpieringbessie
العربية: سبستان صيني
English: Grey-leaved Saucer Berry
hts: Ondoshi

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