Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy
First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 561 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. India, Assam. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Assam, India
Introduced into:
Trinidad-Tobago
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Brindonia indica Thouars in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 5: 340 (1806)
- Oxycarpus indica (Thouars) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 257 (1816)
- Stalagmitis indica (Thouars) G.Don in Gen. Hist. 1: 621 (1831)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Brindonia celebica Thouars in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 5: 341 (1806)
- Brindonia oxycarpa Thouars in Hist. Vég. îles France, ed. 2: t. 27 (1805)
- Garcinia celebica (Thouars) Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 700 (1792), nom. illeg.
- Garcinia purpurea (G.Don) Roxb. in Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 2: 624 (1832)
- Stalagmitis purpurea G.Don in Gen. Hist. 1: 621 (1831)
- Xanthochymus purpureus Lodd. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 320 (1830), not validly publ.
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. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
- Sarma, J., Baruah, S. & Borthakur, S.K. (2014). New distributional record of Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy for Assam as well as the North-Eastern part of India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 121-124.
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.
- Sarma, J., Baruah, S. & Borthakur, S.K. (2014). New distributional record of Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy for Assam as well as the North-Eastern part of India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 121-124.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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s.coll. [Cat. no. 4862] | Garcinia purpurea | K001104086 | 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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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