Atuna excelsa

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Atuna excelsa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Atuna
Species:
A. excelsa
Binomial name
Atuna excelsa
(Jack) Kosterm. [1]
Synonyms

Of the species: [1]

  • Atuna racemosa subsp. excelsa(Jack) Prance , nom. superfl.
  • Cyclandrophora excelsa(Jack) Kosterm.
  • Ferolia jackiana(Benth.) Kuntze
  • Parinari jackianaBenth.
  • Petrocarya excelsaJack

Of subsp. excelsa: [2]

  • Atuna villamilii(Merr.) Kosterm.
  • Cyclandrophora asperula(Miq.) Prance ex Kosterm.
  • Cyclandrophora villamilii(Merr.) Prance ex Kosterm.
  • Ferolia asperula(Miq.) Kuntze
  • Parinari asperulaMiq.
  • Parinari maingayiKing
  • Parinari spicataKing
  • Parinari villamiliiMerr.
  • Pasania litoralis(Blume) Oerst.
  • Quercus litoralisBlume

Of subsp. racemosa: [3]

  • Atuna elata(King) Kosterm.
  • Atuna racemosaRaf.
  • Atuna scabra(Hassk.) Kosterm.
  • Chrysobalanus racemosusRoxb.
  • Cyclandrophora elata(King) Kosterm.
  • Cyclandrophora glaberrimaHassk.
  • Cyclandrophora laurina(A.Gray) Kosterm.
  • Cyclandrophora scabra(Hassk.) Kosterm.
  • Ferolia glaberrima(Hassk.) Kuntze
  • Ferolia scabra(Hassk.) Kuntze
  • Parinari curraniiMerr.
  • Parinari elataKing
  • Parinari glaberrima(Hassk.) Hassk.
  • Parinari hahliiWarb.
  • Parinari lanceolataTeijsm. & Binn., nom. nud.
  • Parinari laurinaA.Gray
  • Parinari macrophyllaTeijsm. & Binn., nom. nud.
  • Parinari margarataA.Gray
  • Parinari mindanaensisPerkins
  • Parinari racemosaMerr., nom. illeg.
  • Parinari scabra var. lanceolataKoord. & Valeton
  • Parinari scabra var. macrophyllaKoord. & Valeton
  • Parinari scabraHassk.
  • Parinari warburgiiPerkins ex Merr.
  • Petrocarya glaberrima(Hassk.) Miers
  • Petrocarya scabra(Hassk.) Miers

Atuna excelsa is a species of flowering plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae, native to Thailand to the western Pacific. [1]

Contents

Taxonomy

Atuna excelsa was first described by William Jack in 1822 as Petrocarya excelsa. [4] The species and its two subspecies have acquired a large number of synonyms. [1] [2] [3]

Subspecies

As of February 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted two subspecies: [1]

Distribution

Atuna excelsa is native to Thailand, Malesia (Borneo, Java, Peninsular Malaysia, the Maluku Islands, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Sumatra), Papuasia (the Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands) and the western Pacific (the Caroline Islands, Fiji, Samoa, the Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna). [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Atuna excelsa subsp. excelsa", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-02-23
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  4. "Atuna excelsa (Jack) Kosterm.", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2023-02-23