Terminalia elliptica Willd.
First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 969 (1806)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Chuncoa tomentosa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 3978 (1831), nom. superfl.
- Pentaptera coriacea Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 438 (1832)
- Pentaptera crenulata (Roth) DC. in Prodr. 3: 15 (1828)
- Pentaptera crenulata Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 438 (1832), nom. illeg.
- Pentaptera cuneata DC. in Prodr. 3: 15 (1828)
- Pentaptera macrocarpa Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 3982 (1831)
- Pentaptera maradu G.Don in Gen. Hist. 2: 660 (1832)
- Pentaptera tomentosa Roxb. ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 14 (1828), nom. superfl.
- Terminalia alata B.Heyne ex Roth in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 379 (1821)
- Terminalia alata f. pilosa C.E.Parkinson in Indian Forest Rec., Bot. 1: 9 (1937), no Latin descr.
- Terminalia alata var. tomentosa C.E.Parkinson in Indian Forest Rec., Bot. 1: 9 (1937), no Latin descr.
- Terminalia alata f. velutina C.E.Parkinson in Indian Forest Rec., Bot. 1: 9 (1937), no Latin descr.
- Terminalia arjuna var. angustifolia C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 447 (1878)
- Terminalia coriacea (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 315 (1834), nom. illeg.
- Terminalia coriacea Biehler in Pl. Nov. Herb. Spreng.: 40 (1807)
- Terminalia crenulata Roth in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 380 (1821)
- Terminalia glabra var. tomentosa Dalzell & A.Gibson in Bombay Fl.: 91 (1861)
- Terminalia macrocarpa Steud. ex Kurz in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 53 (1877)
- Terminalia ovata Rottler ex C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 447 (1878)
- Terminalia ovata var. angustifolia (Clarke) S.Yadav & M.R.Almeida in Fl. Maharashtra 6B: 370 (2014)
- Terminalia tomentosa Wight & Arn. in R.Wight, Cat. Ind. Pl.: 63 (1833), nom. superfl.
- Terminalia tomentosa var. coriacea (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 448 (1878 (Jul 1878))
- Terminalia tomentosa var. crenulata (Roth) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 448 (1878 (Jul 1878))
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
- Chakrabarty, T. & Kumar, V.S. (2017). Terminalia elliptica (Combretaceae) is not conspecific with T. arjuna. Phytotaxa 295: 297-300.
- Maliya, S.D. & Datt, B. (2010). A contribution to the flora of Katarniyaghat wildlife sanctuary, Baharaich district, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 34: 42-68.
- Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
- Chakrabarty, T. & Kumar, V.S. (2017). Terminalia elliptica (Combretaceae) is not conspecific with T. arjuna. Phytotaxa 295: 297-300.
- Choudhary, R.K., Srivastava, R.C., Das, A.K. & Lee, J. (2012). Floristic diversity assessment and vegetation analysis of Upper Siang district of eastern Himalaya in North East India. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 42: 222-246.
- Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1979). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 2: 1-220. Trustees of British Museum, London.
- Maliya, S.D. & Datt, B. (2010). A contribution to the flora of Katarniyaghat wildlife sanctuary, Baharaich district, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 34: 42-68.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) (1970-1995). Flora of West Pakistan 1-131.
- Toyama, H. & al. (2013). Inventory of the woody flora in Permanent plats of Kampong Thom and Kompong Chhnang provinces, Cambodia. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 64: 45-105.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3978], India | Pentaptera tomentosa | K001117812 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3978] | Pentaptera tomentosa | K001117806 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3978] | Pentaptera tomentosa | K001117805 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3978] | Pentaptera tomentosa | K001117808 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3978], India | Pentaptera tomentosa | K001117810 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3978] | Pentaptera tomentosa | K001117813 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3978] | Pentaptera tomentosa | K001117807 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3978], India | Pentaptera tomentosa | K001117811 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3978], India | Pentaptera tomentosa | K001117809 | Yes | ||
Apr 27, 2009 | van der Maesen, L.J.G. [5080], India | Terminalia macrocarpa | K000565406 | No | |
s.coll. [3982], Myanmar | Terminalia macrocarpa | K000786099 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [1009], India | Terminalia arjuna var. angustifolia | K000786106 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [s.n.], India | Terminalia coriacea | K000786098 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [26], India | Terminalia coriacea | K000786097 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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