Antiaris toxicaria

Antiaris toxicaria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Moraceae
Tribus: Olmedieae
Genus: Antiaris
Species: Antiaris toxicaria
Subspecies & Varieties: A. t. var. africana – A. t. subsp. humbertii – A. t. subsp. macrophylla – A. t. subsp. madagascariensis – A. t. subsp. toxicaria – A. t. var. usambarensis – A. t. subsp. welwitschii

Name

Antiaris toxicaria Lesch., 1810

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Mithridatea toxicaria (J.F.Gmel.) F.Dietr. in Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 5: 106 (1819)
  • Ipo toxicaria (J.F.Gmel.) Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 566 (1807)
  • Cestrum toxicarium J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 1524, 389 (1792)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Asia-tropical Regional:Indian subcontinent Andaman Is., India, Sri Lanka Regional:Southeastern Asia Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu Regional:Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Lesser Sunda Is. Regional:Peninsular Arabia Yemen Continental:Australasia Regional:Papuasia New Guinea Regional:Australia Northern Territory, Queensland Continental:Africa Regional:Western Africa Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional:Central Africa Burkina, Burundi, Central African Repu, Chad, Mali, Rwanda Regional:Eastern Africa Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania Regional:Western Indian Ocean Madagascar, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre Introduced into: Fiji, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Wallis-Futuna Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lesch., 1810. Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 16:478.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page. 
• Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Antiaris toxicaria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2024 April 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Antiaris toxicaria. Published online. Accessed April 04 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Antiaris toxicaria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2024 April 04. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Antiaris toxicaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 04 April 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Antiaris toxicaria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Upas tree
suomi: Upaspuu
français: Upas
Bahasa Melayu: Pokok Ipoh

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