Microdesmia arborea

Microdesmia arborea

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: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Microdesmia
Species: Microdesmia arborea

Name

Microdesmia arborea (Seem.) Sothers & Prance, Kew Bull. 71(4)-58: 13. (2016)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Licania arborea Seem., Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 3: 118, t. 25. (1853)
• Heterotypic
  • Licania seleriana Loes., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 53: 55 (1911 publ. 1912).
  • Licania retusa Pilg., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 137 (1914).
  • Licania bullatifolia Cuatrec., Fieldiana, Bot. 27: 63 (1950).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama Regional: Western South America Peru, Ecuador, Colombia (Antioquia, Bolvar, Cesar, Choc, Magdalena, Putumayo), Bolivia (La Paz) Regional: Brazil N-Brazil (Acre) Regional: Northern South America Venezuela (Amazonas, Zulia) Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Sothers, C.A., Prance, G.T. & Chase, M.W. 2016. Towards a monophyletic Licania: a new generic classification of the polyphyletic Neotropical genus Licania (Chrysobalanaceae). Kew Bulletin 71(4): 58. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-016-9664-3 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Microdesmia arborea. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 29 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Microdesmia arborea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Apr. 2020.

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