Annonaceae
Desmos

Desmos cochinchinensis Lour.

First published in Fl. Cochinch.: 352 (1790)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Assam to Peninsula Malaysia. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Johnson, D.M. & Murray, N.A. (eds.) (2022). Flora of Thailand 16(1): 1-332. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Johnson, D.M. & Murray, N.A. (eds.) (2022). Flora of Thailand 16(1): 1-332. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[M. Hashina] [917] Malaysia K003527398 Yes
Saw, L.G. [FRI37304] Malaysia K003527396 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003527413 Yes
Pierre, J.B.L. [638] Cambodia K000691351 Isotype Yes
Gillette; [J. D. W] [s.n.] Malaysia K003527408 Yes
Chew; Kiah [SFM40994] Malaysia K003527410 Yes
Yapp, R.H. [260] Malaysia K003527394 Yes
Chan, Y.C. [FRI13218] Malaysia K003527409 Yes
[Aunorand] [[6]] K003527414 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K003527401 Yes
s.coll. [807] Malaysia K003527406 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [7830] Thailand K000595477 Yes
Phillips, D. [s.n.] Malaysia K003527405 Yes
Ridley, H.N.; [Hai [2426] Malaysia K003527403 Yes
Latiff, A.; Zainudin, A. [ALM2728] Malaysia K003527397 Yes
Phillips, D. [s.n.] Malaysia K003527404 Yes
T.; P. [346] Malaysia K003527407 Yes
Gwynne Vaughan, J.D. [544] Malaysia K003527395 Yes
Sinclair, J. [s.n.] Malaysia K003527411 Yes
Dr King's Collector [4857] Malaysia K003527400 Yes
T.; P. [1140] Malaysia K003527412 Yes
Yapp, R.H. [260] Malaysia K003527399 Yes
Dr King's Collector [1182] Malaysia K003527402 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6427] Burma Unona fulva K001123874 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/

  • 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