Combretum pyrifolium

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Combretaceae
Subfamilia: Combretoideae
Tribus: Combreteae
Subtribus: Combretinae
Genus: Combretum
Species: Combretum pyrifolium

Name

Combretum pyrifolium Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43(3): 188 (1874)

• Typus: Henderson s.n. (27 September 1868; Lectotypus: CAL [​CAL0000012341 (acc. no. 164617), designated by Gangopadhyay & Chakrabarty 1997: 315]).
• Type locality: Myanmar. Mandalay.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Myrobalanus pyrifolia (Kurz) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 237 (1891); not accepted by Chakrabarty & Kumar (2023) [cited as Combretum pyrifolium]
    • Note: Kuntze cited the basionym as [Terminalia] "pyrifolia (S. Kurz)".
  • Pentaptera pyrifolia Wall., Numer. List: n. 3985 (1831), nom. nud., non C.Presl [= Terminalia calamansanai (Blanco) Rolfe]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Myanmar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kurz, S. 1874. Description of a few Indian Plants. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 43(3): 181–189. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wallich, N. 1828–1849. A Numerical List of Dried Specimens of plants in the Museum of the Honl. East India Company, which have been supplied by Dr. Wallich, superintendent of the botanic garden at Calcutta. London. BHL Reference page. 
• Gangopadhyay, M. & Chakrabarty, T. 1997. The family Combretaceae of Indian Subcontinent. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 21(2): 281–364. ResearchGate . 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.  [see page 195]
• Chakrabarty, T. & Kumar, A. 2023. A synopsis of Indo-Burmese Combretaceae. Brittonia 75(3): 269–299. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-023-09756-w (via Wikipedia Library ). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Combretum pyrifolium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Combretum pyrifolium. Published online. Accessed: 28 November 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Combretum pyrifolium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 November 2023.