Heritiera littoralis

Heritiera littoralis

Fruit

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: Sterculioideae
Genus: Heritiera
Species: Heritiera littoralis

Name

Heritiera littoralis Aiton, 1789

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Amygdalus litoralis (Aiton) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 75 (1891)
  • Sutherlandia littoralis (Aiton) J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 1027 (1792)
  • Samadera littoralis (Aiton) Oken in Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 1205 (1841)
• Heterotypic
  • Balanopteris minor Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 94 (1790)
  • Balanopteris tothila Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 94 (1790)
  • Heritiera fischeri Regel & Rach in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1858: 45 (1859)
  • Heritiera littoralis subsp. ralima Arènes in Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 7: 78 (1956)
  • Heritiera minor (Gaertn.) Lam. in Encycl. 3: 229 (1789)
  • Heritiera tothila Kurz in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43: 118 (1874)
  • Systemon fischeri Regel in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1856: 38 (1856)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eastern Asia & Pacific Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam Introduced into: Cook Is., Hawaii, Society Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. I. Monandria–Heptandria. XXX+496 pp., tt. 1–6. George Nicol, London. BHL Reference page. : 3:546.

Additional references

• Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Heritiera littoralis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Heritiera littoralis. Published online. Accessed: November 04 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Heritiera littoralis. 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 November 04. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Heritiera littoralis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 November 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Heritiera littoralis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: looking-glass mangrove, dungon, dungun
français: Toto margot
Bahasa Indonesia: Dungun kecil
日本語: サキシマスオウノキ
Bahasa Melayu: Pokok Dungun
lea faka-Tonga: Mamaea
Tiếng Việt: Cui biển
中文: 銀葉樹

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