Biology:Parinari anamensis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Parinari anamensis
Parinari anamensis trunk.jpg
Base of trunk of a specimen tree in Cat Tien National Park Roy Bateman
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Parinari
Species:
P. anamensis
Binomial name
Parinari anamensis
Hance
Synonyms

Parinari albida Craib

Parinari anamensis [1] is a dicotyledonous plant species that was described by Henry Fletcher Hance from southern Vietnam. It has been called Annamese burada and is now placed in the family Chrysobalanaceae,[2][3] (but formerly the Rosaceae). No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.

The Vietnamese name is cám. The trunk has a pinkish-brown hue with soft flaking bark (see illustration). The Khmer name is thlok ធ្លក. A classical name for Cambodia is Nakorkuk Thlok ("the land of the thlok tree").

References

  1. Hance HF (1877) J. Botany 15. 333
  2. url= http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/4311214%7Ctitle= Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.|accessdate= 26 May 2014 |author= Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed)|date= 2014|journal= |publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK.
  3. IOPI Global Plant Checklist


Wikidata ☰ Q15370287 entry