Lepisanthes andamanica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Sapindoideae
Tribus: Sapindeae
Genus: Lepisanthes
Species: Lepisanthes andamanica

Name

Lepisanthes andamanica King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist., 65(3): 428 (1896)

• Types:
  • Lectotype: King's Collector s.n. (4 March 1893, in flower; CAL [designated by Leenhouts 1969: 62, but not seen by him]; Isolectotypes: G [​G00007781 (102644/1)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], K [​K000739034^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], L 0014341 (sh. 908.270-70)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, P {P02297205^(GBIF)], P02297206^(GBIF)}; cf. US [​US01056904 (269916)^(GBIF), without type indication]).
  • Syntypes:
    • King's Collector s.n. (15 April 1893, with young fruit; K [​K000739033^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], M-0224744 / 700841 / 351431^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}).
    • King's Collector s.n. (16 September 1895, in flower; M-0224745 / 700842 / 351432^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}).
• Type locality: [India.] Andaman Islands: [S. Andaman,]
  • Lectotype: Hobdaypur.
  • anno 1893: Port Mouat.
  • anno 1895: Goplakabang.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Is., Myanmar, Nicobar Is.. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• King, G. 1896. Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. No. 8. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 65(3): 339–516. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Radlkofer, L. (†) 1931–1934. Sapindaceae. In Engler, A. (†) (ed.) Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus, Im Auftrage der Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften. IV. Fam. 165(Heft 98a): 1–320 (BHL; Biblioteca Digital); (Heft 98b): 321–640 (BHL; Biblioteca Digital); (Heft 98c): 641–800 (BHL; Biblioteca Digital); (Heft 98d): 801–960 (BHL; Biblioteca Digital); (Heft 98e): 961–1114 (BHL; Biblioteca Digital); (Heft 98f): 1115–1274 (BHL; Biblioteca Digital); (Heft 98g): 1275–1434 (BHL; Biblioteca Digital); (Heft 98h): 1435–1539 (BHL; Biblioteca Digital). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. Reference page.  [see page 748]
• Leenhouts, P.W. 1969. Florae Malesianae Praecursores L. A revision of Lepisanthes (Sapindaceae). Blumea 17(1): 33–91. PDF. Reference page.  [see pages 62–63]
• 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.  [see page 363]
• Pandey, R.P. & Diwakar, P.G. 2008. An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32(2): 403–500. Reference page. 
• Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. 2013. Dictionary of Plant Names of Bangladesh (Vascular Plants). 434 pp. Chittagong, Bangladesh: Janokalyan Prokashani. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lepisanthes andamanica. Accessed: 2023 November 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Lepisanthes andamanica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Lepisanthes andamanica. Published online. Accessed: 25 November 2023.