Canarium zeylanicum (Retz.) Blume
First published in Mus. Bot. 1: 218 (1850)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sri Lanka. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Sri Lanka
Introduced into:
Trinidad-Tobago
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Balsamodendrum zeylanicum (Retz.) Kunth ex DC. in Prodr. 2: 76 (1825)
- Amyris zeylanica Retz. in Observ. Bot. 4: 25 (1786)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Canarium auriculatum H.J.P.Winkl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 279 (1908)
- Canarium balsamiferum Moon in Cat. Pl. Ceylon: 68 (1824), sensu auct.
- Canarium commune Wight & Arn. in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 175 (1834), sensu auct.
- Amyris elemifera J.Koenig ex Blume in Mus. Bot. 1: 218 (1851), nom. illeg.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Onana, J.M. (2017). Flore du Cameroun 43: 1-94. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Onana, J.M. (2017). Flore du Cameroun 43: 1-94. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images