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Ochnaceae

Ochna

Ochna mauritiana Lam.

First published in Encycl. 4: 512 (1798)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Mauritius. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Taxonomy

Distribution
Synonyms
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Other data

Native to:

Mauritius

Homotypic Synonyms

Diporidium mauritianum (Lam.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 105 (1891)
Ochnella mauritiana (Lam.) Tiegh. in J. Bot. (Morot) 16: 122 (1902)
Polyochnella mauritiana (Lam.) Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 8, 16: 348 (1902)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Diporidium decaisnei (Tiegh.) Tiegh. in J. Bot. (Morot) 16: 127 (1902)
Ochna decaisnei Tiegh. in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 8: 49 (1902)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1979). Flore des Mascareignes 64-68: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

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