Cordia subcordata

Taxonavigation edit

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 subcordata

Name edit

Cordia subcordata Lam. (1792)

Synonymy edit

Heterotypic
- Cordia banalo Blanco, Fl. Filip. 124. 1837.
- Cordia campanulata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 336. 1824.
- Cordia hexandra Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 4: 799. 1819.
- Cordia ignota Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 2, 88. 1845.
- Cordia orientalis R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 498. 1810.
- Cordia rumphii Blume, Bijdr. 843. 1826.
- Lithocardium subcordatum Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 977. 1891.
- Novella nigra Raf., Sylva Tellur. 39. 1838.

Misapplied names
- Cordia sebestena sensu G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr.: 18. 1786. – non Cordia sebestena L., Sp. Pl. 1: 190. 1753.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Aldabra, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel, Tanzania I
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Andaman Is., Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Southeastern Asia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, Howland-Baker Is., Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Northern Territory, Western Australia
Introduced into:
- Mauritius, Society Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

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: 421.

Links edit

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cordia subcordata 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 subcordata. Published online. Accessed: Oct 09 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Cordia subcordata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Oct 2020.
Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cordia subcordata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names edit

English: kou
suomi: Rantakarhepuu
Na Vosa Vakaviti: nawanawana
日本語: キバナイヌチシャ
Nederlands: Kou
Gagana Samoa: tauʻanave
ไทย: หมันทะเล
lea faka-Tonga: puataukanave
Tiếng Việt: Tâm mộc lá hình tim
中文: 橙花破布子

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