Atuna
For Atuna, a small Syro-Hittite city state, see Tunna.
| Atuna | |
|---|---|
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| Makita tree (Atuna racemosa) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Chrysobalanaceae |
| Genus: | Atuna Raf., 1838[1] |
| Type species | |
| Atuna racemosa Raf. | |
| 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]
Atuna is native to India, Southeast Asia, and various islands of the western Pacific.[2]
- Species
- [2]
- Atuna cordata Cockburn ex Prance - Sabah
- Atuna elliptica (Kosterm.) Kosterm. - Fiji
- 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 racemosa Raf. - S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon, Bismarck, Santa Cruz, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Wallis & Futuna, Caroline
- Atuna travancorica (Bedd.) Kosterm. - Kerala
References
- 1 2 Tropicos, Atuna Raf.
- 1 2 3 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.
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