Cananga

Cananga odorata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Magnoliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Magnoliales

Familia: Annonaceae
Subfamilia: Ambavioideae
Genus: Cananga
Species: C. brandisana – C. odorata

Name

Cananga (DC.) Hook. f. & Thomson Fl. Ind. 129. (1855)

• Type species: Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thomson Fl. Ind. 130. (1855)

References

• Hooker, J.D. & Thomson, T. 1855. Flora Indica: Being a Systematic Account of the Plants of British India, 129.
• Surveswaran, S., Wang, R.J., Su, Y.C. & Saunders, R.M. 2010. Generic delimitation and historical biogeography in the early-divergent 'ambavioid' lineage of Annonaceae: Cananga, Cyathocalyx and Drepananthus. Taxon 59(6): 1721-1734.JSTOR Full text from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Turner, I.M. & Veldkamp, J.F. 2009. A History of Cananga (Annonaceae). The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 61 (1): 189–204. Full text HTML

Vernacular names

English: ylang-ylang

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