Atuna_excelsa

<i>Atuna excelsa</i>

Atuna excelsa

Species of plant

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

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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]

References

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


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