Cornaceae
Alangium

Alangium salviifolium (L.f.) Wangerin

First published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 220b: 9 (1910)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Tropical Africa, Comoros, Indian Subcontinent. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Comoros, India, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Sikarwar, R.L.S. (2014). Angiosperm diversity assessment of Chitrakootthe legendary place of Vindhyan range, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 563-619.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • de Wilde, W.J.J.O. & Duyfjes, B.E.E. (2016). A conspectus of Alangium Lam. sect. Alangium (Alangiaceae). Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 44: 74-87.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Wangerin in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 220b: 9 (1910).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2015 Perrotet, S. [448], India K000608105 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6883] Alangium decapetalum K001126032 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6883] Alangium decapetalum K001126030 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6883] Alangium decapetalum K001126033 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6883] Alangium decapetalum K001126031 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6885], India Alangium tomentosum K001126039 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6885] Alangium tomentosum K001126037 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6885] Alangium tomentosum K001126038 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • 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 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images