Biology:Symphonia globulifera
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Clusiaceae |
| Genus: | Symphonia |
| Species: | S. globulifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Symphonia globulifera L.f.
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Symphonia gabonensis (Vesque) Pierre | |
Symphonia globulifera, commonly known as boarwood,[1] is a timber tree abundant in Central America, the Caribbean, South America and Africa. This plant is also used as a medicinal plant and ornamental plant.
Common names
Common trade names of the wood of the Symphonia globulifera are: chewstick, chestick, manni, manil, azufre, and Árbol de Leche Maria.
Distribution
Symphonia globulifera is abundant in the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean south to Ecuador) and Africa (from Liberia east to Uganda and south to Angola).[1]
Population genetics
S. globulifera is highly structured across Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, while the eastern foothills of the Andes show little diversity.[6]
See also
- List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Symphonia globulifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T63072A149040413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T63072A149040413.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63072/149040413. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ "Symphonia globulifera L.f. record n° 8167". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=8167.
- ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1987-02-20). "Taxon: Symphonia globulifera L. f.". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/html/taxon.pl?36005.
- ↑ "Symphonia globulifera L. f.". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/07800762.
- ↑ "Symphonia globulifera L.f.". Classificação segundo a Flora brasiliensis. http://florabrasiliensis.cria.org.br/taxonCard?id=FB9305.
- ↑ Pennington, R. Toby; Lavin, Matt; Oliveira-Filho, Ary (2009). "Woody Plant Diversity, Evolution, and Ecology in the Tropics: Perspectives from Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests". Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (Annual Reviews) 40 (1): 437–457. doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.110308.120327. ISSN 1543-592X.
External links
- "Symphonia globulifera". La Selva Digital Flora. Estación Biológica La Selva. http://sura.ots.ac.cr/local/florula3/list_images.php?key_species_code=LS000938&key_genus=Symphonia&specie_name=globulifera.
- "Symphonia globulifera Linn. f.". Linnean herbarium (S-LINN). Swedish Museum of Natural History. 2002-04-23. http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/s/symph/sympglo1.html.en.
- FOURNIER, L.A.. "Symphonia globulifera". Species Descriptions. Universidad de Costa Rica. http://www.rngr.net/Publications/ttsm/Folder.2003-07-11.4726/PDF.2004-03-16.4154/file.
Wikidata ☰ Q7661409 entry
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