Kayea stylosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Calophyllaceae
Tribus: Calophylleae
Genus: Kayea
Species: Kayea stylosa

Name

Kayea stylosa Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 50. (1858)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Mesua stylosa (Thwaites) Kosterm., Reinwardtia 7: 430. (1969)
Heterotypic
- Kayea cuspidata Planch. & Triana, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 15: 296. (1861)

Note: As native of Sri Lanka may be a Mesua, but protologue and phylogenetic analysis places it in Kayea (Ruhfel et al., 2016 & Priyangani et al., 2006).

References

Thwaites, G.H.K. 1858. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 50.
Hassler, M. 2021. Kayea stylosa. 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 July 19. Reference page. as Mesua stylosa
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Kayea stylosa. Published online. Accessed: July 19 2021.
Priyangani, E.G.D., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N. & Yakandawala, D.M.D. 2006. A Preliminary Anatomical and Morphological Study of The Genus Mesua in Sri Lanka: A Taxonomic Approach. Peradeniya University Research Session PURSE -2006, Proceeding and Abstracts 11: 139. Synopsis Reference page.
Ruhfel, B.R., Bove, C.P., Philbrick, C.T. & Davis, C.C. 2016. Dispersal largely explains the Gondwanan distribution of the ancient tropical clusioid plant clade. American Journal of Botany 103(6): 1117-1128. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500537 Reference page.