Adina cordifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Naucleeae
Genus: Adina
Species: Adina cordifolia

Name

Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Hook.f. & Benth., Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis]: 263 (1874)

Synonymy

Basionym
- Nauclea cordifolia Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1(3): 40, t. 53 (1796)
  - Note: Brandis ascribed the name to these two authors and acknowledged their assistance to his publication at p. xvi. ICN Art. 46.5 states that "A new combination, name at new rank, or replacement name is attributed to the author(s) of the publication in which it appears, although it was ascribed to a different author or different authors, when no separate statement was made that one or more of those authors contributed in some way to that publication."
  - Typus: W. Roxburgh s.n. (Herb. Smith 316/5, LINN-HS 316.5.^(JSTOR)) fide Ridsdale (1978: 361), Löfstrand et al. (2014).
  - Type locality: [India. Andhra Pradesh?]: Coromandel, a native of the mountainous parts of this coast.
Homotypic
- Haldina cordifolia (Roxb.) Ridsdale, Blumea 24(2): 361 (1978); accepted by Govaerts (2003), but not accepted by Löfstrand et al. (2014) [cited as Adina cordifolia]
Heterotypic
- Nauclea sterculiifolia A.Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 672 (1830), as N. sterculiæfolia, not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 361) and Govaerts (2003) [cited as Haldina cordifolia]
  - Type locality: [India. Tamil Nadu:] Courtallum.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central (Yunnan), China Southeast.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India (Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Malaya.

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

References

Primary references

Stewart, J.L. (†) & Brandis, D. 1874. The Forest Flora of North-West and Central India: A Handbook of the Indigenous Trees and Shrubs of those Countries. London: Wm. H. Allen & Co. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Roxburgh, W. 1795–1798. Plants of the Coast of Coromandel; selected from drawings and descriptions presented to the hon. court of directors of the East India Company, / by William Roxburgh, M.D. ; Published, by their order, under the direction of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S. ; Vol. I. Fasc. 1: colum. 1–28, lám. 21–25 (V.1795) Fasc. 2: colum. 29–40, lám. 26–50 (XI.1795) Fasc. 3: colum. 41–56, lám. 51–75 (VIII.1796) Fasc. 4: colum. 57–68, lám. 76–100 (I–III.1798) London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 4: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page.
Ridsdale, C.E. 1978. A revision of the tribe Naucleeae s.s. (Rubiaceae). Blumea 24(2): 307–366. PDF Reference page.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.
Chen Tao & Taylor, C.M. 2011. Haldina cordifolia . Pp. 146 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 19: Cucurbitaceae through Valerianaceae, with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-935641-04-9. efloras PDF Reference page.
Löfstrand, S.D., Krüger, Å., Razafimandimbison, S.G. & Bremer, B. 2014. Phylogeny and generic delimitations in the sister tribes Hymenodictyeae and Naucleeae (Rubiaceae). Systematic Botany 39(1): 304–315. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678116 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Adina cordifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Adina cordifolia. Published online. Accessed: 10 December 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Adina cordifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 December 2021.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: কেলিকদম্ব (Haughton 1833: 793; Das 1937: 571)
हिन्दी: हलदू
日本語: ハルドゥ
ភាសាខ្មែរ: ខ្វាវ
ລາວ: ຂາວ
မြန်မာဘာသာ: နှော
සිංහල: කොළොම්
தமிழ்: மஞ்சக்கடம்பு
తెలుగు: దాడుగచెట్టు
ไทย: ขว้าว
中文: 心叶木

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