Lecythidaceae
Foetidia

Foetidia mauritiana Lam.

First published in Encycl. 2: 457 (1788)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mascarenes. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mauritius, Réunion

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Prance, G.T. (2008). A revision of Foetidia (Lecythidaceae subfamily Foetidioideae. Brittonia 60: 336-348.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3644] K001110712 Yes
Bouton, L. [s.n.], Mauritius K000975501 syntype Yes
Ayres, P.B. [s.n.], Mauritius K000975504 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Mauritius K000975502 syntype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Mauritius K000975503 Yes

Sources

  • 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 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