Xanthophyllum arnottianum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Polygalaceae
Tribus: Xanthophylleae
Genus: Xanthophyllum
Species: Xanthophyllum arnottianum

Name

Xanthophyllum arnottianum Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: 50, t. 23, fig. 9. 1840. (as X. Arnottianum)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Karin-kara Rheede, Hort. Malab. 4: 49(–50), t. 23. 1673 [1683], nom. inval.
  • Kaulfussia geminiflora Dennst., Schlüssel Hortus Malab.: 30. 1818, nom. inval.
  • Xanthophyllum angustifolium Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: 50, t. 23, fig. 1–8. 1840.
  • Xanthophyllum undulatum Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: 50. 1840.
  • Xanthophyllum roxburghianum Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: 50. 1840. (as X. Roxburghianum)
  • Xanthophyllum flavescens var. angustifolium (Wight) A.W.Benn., Fl. Brit. India 1(2): 209. 1874.
  • Xanthophyllum geminiflorum Alston in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: 16. 1931, nom. illeg. superfl. (excl. syn.)

• Misapplied names
  • Xanthophyllum flavescens auct. – non Xanthophyllum flavescens Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3(4): 82. 1820.

References

• Banerjee, R.N. & Balakrishnan, N.P. 1993. Xanthophyllaceae. Pp. 494–499 in Sharma, B.D. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (eds.), Flora of India, Vol. 2, Papaveraceae–Caryophyllaceae. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. Reference page.  (included in X. flavescens s.lat. and its var. angustifolium)
• Van der Meijden, R. 1982. Systematics and evolution of Xanthophyllum (Polygalaceae). (Leiden Botanical Series 7). 159 pp. E. J. Brill/Leiden University Press, Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-04-06594-6 PDF Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Xanthophyllum arnottianum. Published online. Accessed: 11 March 2017.

• Tropicos.org 2017. Xanthophyllum arnottianum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 March 2017.

Note:

The name Xanthophyllum geminiflorum, when established by Alston, included several earlier synonyms and was applied to Xanthophyllum zeylanicum.