Toona

T. sinensis

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: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Cedreloideae
Genus: Toona
Species: T. calantas – T. calcicola – T. ciliata – T. fargesii – T. sinensis – T. sureni

Name

Toona M.Roem., 1846: 139

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Fabrenia Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 2 (1790), nom. nud.
  • Surenus Rumph. ex Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 110 (1891), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical Asia Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya Introduced into: Afghanistan, Cuba, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Maryland, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Puerto Rico, St.Helena, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roemer, M.J. 1846. Familiarum naturalium regni vegetabilis synopses monographicae; seu, Enumeratio omnium plantarum hucusque detectarum secundum ordines naturales, genera et species digestarum, additis diagnosibus, synonymis, novarumque vel minus cognitarum descriptionibus. [Nova acta physico-medica Academiae Caesareae by Acad. Caes Leopoldino-Carolinae 1841-1843?]. Fasc.3.-4.: 139

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Toona in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Toona. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Toona. Published online. Accessed: January 15 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Toona. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 January 2024.

Vernacular names

čeština: Česnekovník
English: Red Cedar
فارسی: فارسی:
suomi: Toonapuut
日本語: チャンチン属
lietuvių: Indenis
മലയാളം: ടൂണ
Bahasa Melayu: Surian
русский: Туна
Tiếng Việt: Chi Hương xuân
中文: 香椿属

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