Alangium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cornales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Cornales

Familia: Cornaceae
Genus: Alangium
Species: A. alpinum – A. amplum – A. barbatum – A. borneense – A. brassii – A. chinense – A. chungii – A. circulare – A. denudatum – A. ebenaceum – A. ferrugineum – A. frutescens – A. glabrum – A. glandulosum – A. gracile – A. grisolleoides – A. guadalcanalense – A. havilandii – A. hexapetalum – A. hirsutum – A. hollrungii – A. indochinense – A. javanicum – A. kayuniga – A. kurzii – A. ledermannii – A. longiflorum – A. maliliense – A. melliferum – A. meyeri – A. mezianum – A. minahassicum – A. nobile – A. oblongum – A. pallens – A. pilosum – A. platanifolium – A. plumbeum – A. polyosmoides – A. premnifolium – A. qingchuanense – A. ridleyi – A. rotundifolium – A. salviifolium – A. scandens – A. sempervirens – A. sinicum – A. solomonense – A. strigosum – A. subcordatum – A. taiwanianum – A. tetrandrum – A. tonkinense – A. uniloculare – A. velotinum – A. villosum – A. vitiense – A. warburgianum – A. yunnanense

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alangium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 19. Reference page.

Paleospecies: †A. dubium – †A. eydei – †A. jenkensii – †A. rotundicarpum – †A. vermontanum

Name

Alangium Lam.,, Encycl. 1: 174 (1783) nom. cons.

Type species: Alangium salviifolium (L.f.) Wangerin in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenr., IV, 220b: 9 (1910) Designated as synonym Alangium decapetalum Lam., Encycl. 1: 174 (1783)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Angolam Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 85 (1763).
- Kara-angolam Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 84 (1763).
- Angolamia Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat.: 107 (1777).
- Stylidium Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 220 (1790), nom. rej.
- Stelanthes Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 339 (1812).
- Pautsauvia Juss., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 443 (1817).
- Stylis Poir. in J.B.A.P.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 260 (1817).
- Marlea Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 80 (1820).
- Diacicarpium Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 657 (1826).
- Rhytidandra A.Gray, U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 302 (1854).
- Pseudalangium F.Muell., Fragm. 2: 84 (1860)
- Karangolum Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 272 (1891).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Is.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Sudan
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Zaïre
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
- Russian Far East
  - Primorye
- China
  - China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Tibet
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera
- Papuasia
  - New Guinea, Solomon Is.
Australasia
- Australia
  - New South Wales, Queensland
Pacific
- Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Lamarck, J.-B. 1783–1785. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 1. XLIV+752 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. : 1: 174.

Additional references

Adanson, M., 1763. Familles des Plantes 2: 84, 85.
Blume, C.L., 1826. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië: 657.
Gray, A., 1854. United States Exploring Expedition, 1838–1842, Phan. 1: 302.
Jussieu, A.L., 1817. Mémoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. 3: 443.
Kuntze, C.E., 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 272.
Loureiro, J , 1790 Flora Cochinchinensis: 220.
Mueller F.J., 1860. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2: 84.
Poiret, J.L., 1817. In J.B.A.P.M. de Lamarck, Encyclopedie Methodique Suppl. 5: 260.
Roxburgh, W., 1820. Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 3: 80.
Stokes, J.S., 1812. A Botanical Materia Medica 2: 339 (PDF).
Manchester, Steven. R. 1994. "Fruits and seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon." Palaeontographica Americana 58: 1–205.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Alangium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Jan. 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Alangium. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 10 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Alangium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jan. 2016.

Vernacular names

العربية: علنج
বাংলা: আকরকাঁটা
हिन्दी: अंकोल
한국어: 박쥐나무속
മലയാളം: അങ്കോലം
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: ਅੰਕੋਲ
русский: Алангиум
తెలుగు: అలాంజియమ్
中文: 八角枫属