Lagerstroemia speciosa

Taxonavigation[തിരുത്തുക]

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: Lythraceae
Genus: Lagerstroemia
Sectio: L. sect. Adambea
Species: Lagerstroemia speciosa
Varieties: L. s. var. intermedia – L. s. var. speciosa

Name[തിരുത്തുക]

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 72. 1806.

Synonyms[തിരുത്തുക]

Homotypic
- Lagerstroemia munchhausia L. ex Forsyth f. in Bot. Nomencl.: 298 (1794), nom. superfl.
- Munchausia speciosa L. in O.von Münchhausen, Hausvater 5: 257 (1770)
- Murtughas speciosa (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 249 (1891)

Distribution[തിരുത്തുക]

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Asia-tropical
- Regional: Indiann subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central
- Regional: Southeastern Asia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand,
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
- Introduced into:
  - Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marianas, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[തിരുത്തുക]

Primary references[തിരുത്തുക]

Persoon, C.H. 1805. Synopsis Plantarum: seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars prima. XII+546 pp. Apud Carol. Frid. Cramerum, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J.G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 2: 72.

Additional references[തിരുത്തുക]

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[തിരുത്തുക]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Lagerstroemia speciosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2023 August 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Lagerstroemia speciosa. Published online. Accessed August 21 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Lagerstroemia speciosa. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2023 August 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Lagerstroemia speciosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 21 August 2023.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lagerstroemia speciosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2023 August 21.

Vernacular names[തിരുത്തുക]

Deutsch: Königinblume
English: Giant Crape-myrtle
eesti: Tore lagerströömia
suomi: Kuningatarkutrio
Bahasa Indonesia: Bungur
தமிழ்: பூ மருது
తెలుగు: వరగోగు
中文: 大花紫薇

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