Nephelium L.
Distribution
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
Introduced into:
Angola, Caroline Is., Costa Rica, Lesser Sunda Is., Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Bima Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 1 (1790), nom. nud.
- Dipherocarpus Llanos in Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Exact. Madrid 2: 501 (1859)
- Mesonephelium Pierre in Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 321 (1897)
Accepted Species
- Nephelium aculeatum Leenh.
- Nephelium compressum Radlk.
- Nephelium costatum Hiern
- Nephelium cuspidatum Blume
- Nephelium daedaleum Radlk.
- Nephelium hamulatum Radlk.
- Nephelium havilandii Leenh.
- Nephelium hypoleucum Kurz
- Nephelium juglandifolium Blume
- Nephelium lappaceum L.
- Nephelium laurinum Blume
- Nephelium macrophyllum Radlk.
- Nephelium maingayi Hiern
- Nephelium meduseum Leenh.
- Nephelium melanomiscum Radlk.
- Nephelium melliferum Gagnep.
- Nephelium papillatum Leenh.
- Nephelium ramboutan-ake (Labill.) Leenh.
- Nephelium reticulatum Radlk.
- Nephelium subfalcatum Radlk.
- Nephelium toong Raoul & Sagot ex Crevost & Lemarie
- Nephelium topengii (Merr.) H.S.Lo
- Nephelium uncinatum Radlk. ex Leenh.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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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