Myroxylon

Myroxylum balsamum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Sophoreae
Genus: Myroxylon
Species: M. balsamum – M. peruiferum

Name

Myroxylon L. f. (1781)

Homonyms

• Myroxylon J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. = Xylosma G.Forst.

Synonyms

• Toluifera L. (1742)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Mexico to S. Tropical America Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela Introduced into: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gabon, Ghana, India, Jawa, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. (filius) 1782 ["1781"]. Supplementum Plantarum systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, generum plantarum editionis sextae, et specierum plantarum editionis secundae. [XVI]+468 pp. Impensis Orphanotrophei, Brunsvigae [Braunschweig]. BHL Reference page. : 34

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Myroxylon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun!02 {{{3}}}. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Myroxylon. Published online. Accessed: Jun 02 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Myroxylon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Jun 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Myroxylon. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 02. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Myroxylon. Accessed: 02 Jun 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Balsambäume
English: Balsam/balm (tree)
español: Bálsamo del Perú
français: Baumier du Pérou

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