Opilia amentacea

Opilia amentacea

Opilia amentacea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Opiliaceae
Genus: Opilia
Species: Opilia amentacea

Name

Opilia amentacea Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2(3): 31, t. 158. (1802)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Groutia celtidifolia Guill. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 101 (1832).
  • Opilia celtidifolia (Guill. & Perr.) Endl. ex Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 377 (1842).
  • Tetanosia olacioides (Wight & Arn.) M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 23 (1846).
  • Opilia pentitdis Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 246 (1851).
  • Pentitdis scandens Zipp. ex Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 246 (1851), pro syn.
  • Opilia javanica Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 784 (1856).
  • Opilia senegalensis Baill., Adansonia 2: 381 (1862), nom. superfl.
  • Opilia amentacea var. tomentella Oliv. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 352 (1868).
  • Opilia tomentella (Oliv.) Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 168 (1895).
  • Opilia thorelii Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 106 (1910).
  • Opilia fragrans Elmer, Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5: 1824 (1912).
  • Opilia angiensis De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 10(Suppl. Bot.): 13 (1922).
  • Opilia ruwenzoriensis De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 10(Suppl. Bot.): 12 (1922).
  • Opilia celtidifolia var. sphaerocarpa Chiov., Webbia 8: 231 (1951).
  • Opilia celtidifolia var. tomentella (Oliv.) G.Ll.Lucas, Kew Bull. 21: 242 (1967)
  • Ximenia olacoides Wight & Arn. in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 89 (1834)

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Homonyms

• Opilia amentacea Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 2331 (1830), nom. nud. vide Cansjera rheedei J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 280 (1791)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Regional: Tropical Asia Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam Regional: Papuasia New Guinea Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roxburgh, W. 1799–1805. 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. II. 56 pp. 100–200 pl. London. BHL Reference page. : 31. t. 158.

Additional references

• Hiepo, P. (2008). Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 12: 1-71. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
• Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Opilia amentacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Opilia amentacea. Published online. Accessed: May 17 2020.

Vernacular names

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