Cordia mhaya

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Cordioideae
Genus: Cordia
Species: Cordia mhaya

Cordia mhaya Kerr, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1940(5): 184 (1940), as 'Cordia Mhaya'

Types:
- Holotype: Kurz (~~401~~) 2345 (K).
- Paratype: A.F.G. Kerr 10300 ([24 January 1920]; E [E00571602^(GBIF)]).
Type locality:
- Holotype: Burma. Pegu [= Bago].
- Paratype: Thailand. Kanburi: Wangka, c. 200 m., in bamboo forest.

Homotypic
- Gerascanthus mhaya (Kerr) Borhidi, Acta Bot. Hung. 34(3–4): 405 (1988)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Thailand. Note: Lao occurrence is represented by A. de Rouw 76 (Luang Prabang province; FOF). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Borhidi, A., Gondár, E. & Orosz-Kovács, Z. 1988. The reconsideration of the genus Cordia L. Acta Botanica Hungarica 34(3–4): 375–423. Arcanum Digitheca EurekaMag Reference page.
Kurz, S. 1877. Forest Flora of British Burma. Vol. 2. Calcutta. BHL Reference page. [see page 208]
Maxwell, J.F. 1991. Botanical notes on the vascular flora of Chiang Mai Province, Thailand: 2. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 39(1): 71–83. PDF Reference page. [see pages 79–80]
Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. 2007. A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Lao PDR. 394 pp. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. ISBN 978-1-906129-04-0. PDF. Reference page. [see page 77]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cordia mhaya in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 September 18. Reference page.
IUCN: Ixora mhaya Kerr (Data Deficient) - Assessed by IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) on 14 July 2020 and published in 2021.