Atuna (genus)

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Atuna
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Makita tree (Atuna excelsa subsp. racemosa)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Atuna
Raf., 1838 [1]
Type species
Atuna racemosaAtuna excelsa subsp. racemosa
Synonyms [2]
  • CyclandrophoraHassk.
  • EntosiphonBedd.

Atuna is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1838. [3] [1] [4] It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and various islands of the western Pacific. [2]

Species

As of February 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Atuna Raf.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1838. Sylva telluriana : Mantis. synopt. : new genera and species of trees and shrubs of North America, and other regions of the earth : omitted or mistaken by the botanical authors and compilers, or not properly classified, now reduced by their natural affinities to the proper natural orders and tribes 153-154 description in Latin, commentary in English
  4. Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 320: 1–184.
  5. "Atuna Raf." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-02-23.