Terminalia alata

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

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Taxonavigation Edit

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

Terminalia alata B.Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 379 (1821)

Note: this name is placed under T. elliptica by Chakrabarty & Kumar (2017) and Chakrabarty et al. (2019).
Typus:
- Holotypus: B. Heyne s.n. (lost)
- Neotypus: designated by Chakrabarty & Kumar (2017)
Type locality:
- Holotypus: "India orientalis".

Heterotypic
- Terminalia elliptica Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(2): 969 (1806)
  - Note: this name is accepted by Chakrabarty & Kumar (2017) and Chakrabarty et al. (2019).
  - Typus: J.G. Klein 480 (23 April 1796; lectotypus: B -W 18943 -01 0, designated by Gangopadhyay & Chakrabarty 1992: 601).
  - Type locality: India orientalis[Sri Lanka]. [Puttalam.]
- Pentaptera macrocarpa Wall., Numer. List: n. 3982 (1831), nom. nud.; cited under T. tomentosa var. crenulata (Roth) C.B.Clarke by Clarke (1878)
  - Original material: K-W {K001117830^(JSTOR), K001117831^(JSTOR)}.
  - Locality: [Burma.] Yenangheum[Yenangyaung] ad mont. Prome[Pyay].
- Pentaptera cuneata DC.
- Pentaptera maradu G.Don
- Terminalia densiflora Craib
- Terminalia macrocarpa Steud.
- Terminalia maradu Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don
- Terminalia ovata Rottler ex C.B.Clarke

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, East Himalaya (Darjeeling), India, Nepal Indo-China Laos, Myanmar [Bago, Kachin, Chin, Kayin, Mandalay, Mon, Sagaing], Thailand, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Roth, A.W. & Heyne, B. 1821. Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae orientalis: Ex collectione doct. Benj. Heynii. iv + 412 pp, Halberstadii, Sumptibus H. Vogleri. BHL Reference page.

Willdenow, C.L. 1806. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 4. Pars 2. Pp. 634–1157. Impensis G. C. Nauk, Berolini [Berlin]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
Wallich, N. 1828–1849. A Numerical List of Dried Specimens of plants in the Museum of the Honl. East India Company, which have been supplied by Dr. Wallich, superintendent of the botanic garden at Calcutta. London. BHL Reference page.
Gangopadhyay, M. & Chakrabarty, T. 1992. Notes on Terminalia L. (Combretaceae). Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 16(3): 601–603. Reference page.
Chakrabarty, T. & Sampath Kumar, V. 2017. Terminalia elliptica (Combretaceae) is not conspecific with T. arjuna. Phytotaxa 295(3): 297–300. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.295.3.12 Reference page.
Chakrabarty, T., Krishna, G. & Rasingam, L. 2019. Taxonomic notes on Indian Terminalia (Combretaceae). Plant Science Today 6(3): 281–286. DOI: 10.14719/pst.2019.6.3.539 Reference page. [see page 285.]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Terminalia alata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 3. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Terminalia alata. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Terminalia alata. Published online. Accessed: 3 June 2022.

English: Indian-laurel

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