Biology:Horsfieldia sylvestris

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Short description: Species of tree

Horsfieldia sylvestris
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Horsfieldia
Species:
H. sylvestris
Binomial name
Horsfieldia sylvestris
(Houtt.) Warb.
Synonyms[2]
  • Horsfieldia sylvestris var. villosa Warb.
  • Myristica pendulina Hook.f.
  • Myristica pinniformis Zipp. ex Miq.
  • Myristica salicifolia Willd.
  • Myristica sylvestris Houtt.
  • Palala pendulina (Hook.f.) Kuntze
  • Palala pinniformis (Zipp. ex Miq.) Kuntze
  • Palala sylvestris (Houtt.) Kuntze

Horsfieldia sylvestris is a species of flowering plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is a tree native to the Maluku Islands and New Guinea.[2]

The species was first described as Myristica sylvestris by Martinus Houttuyn in 1774. In 1897 Otto Warburg placed the species in genus Horsfieldia as H. sylvestris.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5397538 entry