Corchorus olitorius

Corchorus olitorius

Corchorus olitorius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales

Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum*: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum*: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio*: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso*: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Grewioideae
Tribus: Apeibeae
Genus: Corchorus
Species: Corchorus olitorius

Name

Corchorus olitorius L., 1753

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Corchorus catharticus Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 442 (1837)
  • Corchorus decemangularis Roxb. ex G.Don in Gen. Hist. 1: 544 (1831)
  • Corchorus lanceolatus G.Don in Gen. Hist. 1: 543 (1831)
  • Corchorus longicarpus G.Don in Gen. Hist. 1: 543 (1831)
  • Corchorus malchairii De Wild. in Études Fl. Bangala & Ubangi: 345 (1911)
  • Corchorus olitorius var. australiensis Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 380 (1927)
  • Corchorus olitorius var. grandifolius De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 2: 45 (1908)
  • Corchorus olitorius var. incisifolius Asch. & Schweinf. in Mém. Inst. Égypt. 2: 53 (1887)
  • Corchorus olitorius var. malchairii (De Wild.) R.Wilczek in Fl. Congo Belge 10: 86 (1963)
  • Corchorus quinquelocularis Moench in Methodus: 248 (1794)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Somalia, South China Sea, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Algeria, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Brazil Southeast, Burkina, Chad, Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt, Fiji, Haiti, Iraq, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Libya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, Morocco, Nansei-shoto, Peru, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Windward Is., Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 529. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Corchorus olitorius in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Corchorus olitorius. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Corchorus olitorius. Published online. Accessed: September 19 2023. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Corchorus olitorius. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 September 2023. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Corchorus olitorius in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 28-Oct-07. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• বাংলা: তোষা পাট
• English: Tossa jute
• suomi: Intianjuutti
• français: Corète potagère
• 日本語: シマツナソ
• Luo: Apoth
• Kiswahili: Mlenda
• Tagalog: saluyot

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