Elaeocarpaceae
Sloanea

Sloanea platyphylla Standl.

First published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 318 (1940)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica to Panama. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica, Panamá

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Pennington, T.D. & Wise, R. (2017). The genus Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae) in America: 1-432. dh Books, England.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. [Cited as Sloanea medusula.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pennington, T.D. & Wise, R. (2017). The genus Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae) in America: 1-432. dh Books, England.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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