Xylocarpus moluccensis

Xylocarpus moluccensis

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: Xylocarpus
Species: Xylocarpus moluccensis

Name

Xylocarpus moluccensis (Lam.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. (1846)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Carapa moluccensis Lam. Encycl. 1: 621 (1785)
  • Granatum moluccense (Lam.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 110 (1891
• Heterotypic
  • Carapa borneensis Becc. For. Borneo: 574 (1902)
  • Carapa mekongensis (Pierre) Pellegr. H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 1: 777 (1911)
  • Carapa moluccensis var. lliptica Koord. & Valeton Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java 3: 193 (1896)
  • Carapa moluccensis var. gangetica Prain Rec. Bot. Surv. India 2: 292 (1903)
  • Carapa moluccensis var. ovalifolia Koord. ex Prain Rec. Bot. Surv. India 2: 292 (1903)
  • Carapa obovata var. microphylla (Pierre) Pellegr. H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine, Suppl. 1: 719 (1948)
  • Guarea oblongifolia Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 503 (1854)
  • Monosoma littorata Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 502 (1854)
  • Xylocarpus australasicus Ridl. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1938: 291 (1938)
  • Xylocarpus gangeticus (Prain) C.E.Parkinson Indian Forester 60: 140 (1934)
  • Xylocarpus mekongensis Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 359B (1897)
  • Xylocarpus moluccensis var. ellipticus (Koord. & Valeton) Harms H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 19b1: 84 (1940)
  • Xylocarpus moluccensis var. gangeticus (Prain) Craib Fl. Siam. 1: 265 (1926)
  • Xylocarpus obovatus var. microphyllus Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 5: t. 359 (1897)
  • Xylocarpus parvifolius Ridl. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1938: 290 (1938)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-tropical Regional: Western Pacific Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Comoros, Fiji, India, Jala, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern africa Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania Regional: Macaronesia Seychelles Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland Regional: Papuasia New Guinea References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Roem, M.J. (1846). Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 124. BHL

Links

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) Xylocarpus moluccensis Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 15 November 2023.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Xylocarpus moluccensis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 15 November 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Xylocarpus moluccensis. Published online. Accessed: 15 November 2023.
• World Flora Online (WFO) (2023) Xylocarpus moluccensis. Published on the Internet. Accessed: 15 November 2023.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. Xylocarpus moluccensis. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Accessed: 15 November 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Cannonball mangrove

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