Biology:Atuna
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Short description: Genus of plants
| Atuna | |
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| Makita tree (Atuna excelsa subsp. racemosa) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Chrysobalanaceae |
| Genus: | Atuna Raf., 1838[1] |
| Type species | |
| Atuna racemosa ≡ Atuna excelsa subsp. racemosa | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Atuna is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1838.[3][1][4] It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and various islands of the western Pacific.[2]
Species
(As of February 2023), Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[5]
- Atuna cordata Cockburn ex Prance - Sabah
- Atuna elliptica (Kosterm.) Kosterm. - Fiji
- Atuna excelsa (Jack) Kosterm. – Thailand to the western Pacific
- Atuna indica (Bedd.) Kosterm. - Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Atuna latifrons (Kosterm.) Prance & F.White - Perak
- Atuna nannodes (Kosterm.) Kosterm. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
- Atuna penangiana (Kosterm.) Kosterm. - Peninsular Malaysia
- Atuna travancorica (Bedd.) Kosterm. - Kerala
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tropicos, Atuna Raf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1838. Sylva telluriana : Mantis. synopt. : new genera and species of trees and shrubs of North America, and other regions of the earth : omitted or mistaken by the botanical authors and compilers, or not properly classified, now reduced by their natural affinities to the proper natural orders and tribes 153-154 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ↑ Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 320: 1–184.
- ↑ "Atuna Raf..". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38623-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q1308063 entry
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