Lagerstroemia speciosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lythraceae
Genus: Lagerstroemia
Sectio: L. sect. Adambea
Species: Lagerstroemia speciosa
Varieties: L. s. var. intermedia – L. s. var. speciosa

Name

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 72. 1806.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Lagerstroemia munchhausia L. ex Forsyth f. in Bot. Nomencl.: 298 (1794), nom. superfl.
- Munchausia speciosa L. in O.von Münchhausen, Hausvater 5: 257 (1770)
- Murtughas speciosa (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 249 (1891)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Asia-tropical
- Regional: Indiann subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central
- Regional: Southeastern Asia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand,
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
- Introduced into:
  - Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marianas, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles

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

References

Primary references

Persoon, C.H. 1805. Synopsis Plantarum: seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars prima. XII+546 pp. Apud Carol. Frid. Cramerum, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J.G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 2: 72.

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. Lagerstroemia speciosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Lagerstroemia speciosa. Published online. Accessed: August 21 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Lagerstroemia speciosa. 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 August 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Lagerstroemia speciosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 August 2023.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lagerstroemia speciosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2023 August 21.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: জারুল
Deutsch: Königinblume
English: Giant Crape-myrtle
eesti: Tore lagerströömia
suomi: Kuningatarkutrio
Bahasa Indonesia: Bungur
தமிழ்: பூ மருது
తెలుగు: వరగోగు
中文: 大花紫薇

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