Oroxylum indicum

Oroxylum indicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Oroxyleae
Genus: Oroxylum
Species: Oroxylum indicum

Name

Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz, 1877

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Bignonia indica L., Sp. Pl.: 625 (1753).
• Heterotypic
  • Spathodea indica (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 173 (1807).
  • Calosanthes indica (L.) Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 760 (1826).
  • Hippoxylon indica (L.) Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 78 (1838).
• Heterotypic
  • Bignonia pentandra Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 379 (1790).
  • Bignonia tripinnata Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 8 (1790), nom. nud.
  • Bignonia lugubris Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 106 (1796).
  • Bignonia quadripinnata Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 499 (1837).
  • Bignonia tuberculata Roxb. ex DC., Prodr. 9: 177 (1845).
  • Arthrophyllum ceylanicum Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 27 (1863).
  • Arthrophyllum reticulatum Blume ex Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 27 (1863).
  • Oroxylum flavum Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Trees & Shrubs: 193 (1927).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hainan), Taiwan, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Bangladesh, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Java, peninsular Malaysia (Melaka northward), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Sri Lanka, Indochina, Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines (Luzon to Mindanao), Palawan, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Isl. (incl. Timor), Andamans (North Andamans, Middle Andamans, South Andamans, Little Andaman Isl.), References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Kurz, W.S. (1877) Forest Fl. Burma 2: 237

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Oroxylum indicum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Oroxylum indicum. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 27 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Oroxylum indicum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 27.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Oroxylum indicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Apr. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Oroxylum indicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Midnight horror
ไทย: เพกา
Tiếng Việt: Núc nác
中文: 木蝴蝶

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