Myristicaceae
Horsfieldia

Horsfieldia sylvestris (Houtt.) Warb.

First published in Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 68: 337 (1897)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Maluku to New Guinea. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Maluku, New Guinea

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • de Wilde, W.J.J.O. (2000). Flora Malesiana 14: 1-634. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • de Wilde, W.J.J.O. (2000). Flora Malesiana 14: 1-634. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 25, 1959 Cantley, N. [s.n.] Singapore K000846960 Type Yes
Jul 25, 1959 Cantley, N. [s.n.] Singapore K000846959 Type Yes
Ridsdale, C.E. [2258] Papua New Guinea K001609137 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Singapore K001283022 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Singapore K001283021 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Singapore K001283024 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Singapore K001283023 Yes
Nooteboom, H.P. [5980] Indonesia K:SPC-64430.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6800] Myristica sylvestris K001124843 Unknown Type Material Yes
Telfair, C. [Cat. no. 6800] Mauritius Myristica sylvestris K001124841 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6800] Myristica sylvestris K001124842 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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