Hernandia nymphaeifolia

Hernandia nymphaeifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Hernandiaceae
Genus: Hernandia
Species: Hernandia nymphaeifolia

Name

Hernandia nymphaeifolia (C.Presl) Kubitzki, 1970.

Notes

• conspecific with Hernandia ovigera L. (Giesen & al. 2006).

Synonyms

• Biasolettia nymphaeifolia C.Presl, Rel. Haenk. 2: 141 (1835)
• Hernandia sonora var. nymphaeifolia (C.Presl) Fosberg, Micronesica, 23(2): 142 (1990)
• Hernandia peltata Meisn., DC. Prod. 15(1): 263 (1864)
• Hernandia sonora Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 1: I. 887 (1856)
• Hernandia vitiensis Seem. ex Pax
• Sassafras mauritianum Bojer, Hort. Maurit. 273 (1837)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: W. Indian Ocean to Pacific Aldabra, Andaman Is., Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kubitzki, K. 1970. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig 90:272.

Additional references

• Giesen, W., Wulffraat, S., Zieren, M. & Scholten, L. 2006. Mangrove guidebook for Southeast Asia. RAP Publication 2006/07. Bangkok, Thailand, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific & Wetlands International. ISBN 974-7946-85-8.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hernandia nymphaeifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Hernandia nymphaeifolia. Published online. Accessed: Oct 12 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Hernandia nymphaeifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Hernandia nymphaeifolia. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 12. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hernandia nymphaeifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Lantern tree

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