Phoebe (Lauraceae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Laureae
Genus: Phoebe
Species: P. angustifolia – P. assamica – P. attenuata – P. baishyae – P. birmanica – P. bootanica – P. bournei – P. brachythyrsa – P. calcarea – P. canescens – P. cathia – P. cavaleriei – P. chartacea – P. chekiangensis – P. clemensii – P. cooperiana – P. crassipedicella – P. cuneata – P. cuspidata – P. dehaasiifolia – P. elliptica – P. excelsa – P. faberi – P. forbesii – P. formosana – P. gamblei – P. glabrifolia – P. glaucifolia – P. glaucophylla – P. grandis – P. hainanensis – P. hedgei – P. hekouensis – P. holosericea – P. hui – P. hunanensis – P. hungmoensis – P. incerta – P. javanica – P. kerrii – P. kjellbergii – P. kunstleri – P. kwangsiensis – P. laevis – P. lanceolata – P. legendrei – P. leiophylla – P. liana – P. lichuanensis – P. longepetiolata – P. lucida – P. lummaoensis – P. macrocarpa – P. macrophylla – P. megacalyx – P. motuonan – P. neurantha – P. neuranthoides – P. nigrifolia – P. obtusa – P. pallida – P. petelotii – P. pierrei – P. prazeri – P. puwenensis – P. rufescens – P. scortechinii – P. sheareri – P. siamensis – P. sterculioides – P. tavoyana – P. tenuifolia – P. wightii – P. yaiensis – P. yunnanensis – P. zhennan

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Phoebe (Lauraceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 26. Reference page.

Name

Phoebe Nees Syst. Laur. 98 (1836).

Type species: Cinnamomum tomentosum D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 66 (1825) − designated by Pfeiff., Nomencl. Bot. 2(1): 681 (1873), vide Phoebe cathia (D.Don) Kosterm., Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 25(3–4): 44 (1975).
- Notice: The formerly designated type, P. lanceolata Nees (vide Kostermans, J. Sci. Res. (Jakarta) 1: 122 (September 1952), is nomenclaturally inadmissible and superfluous.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea.

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

References

Primary references

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1836. Systema Laurinarum. Berolini: Sumptibus Veitii et Sociorum. 720 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Li, L., Li, J., Rohwer, J.G., van der Werff, H., Wang, Z.H. & Li, H.W. 2011. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Persea group (Lauraceae) and its biogeographic implications on the evolution of tropical and subtropical Amphi-Pacific disjunctions. American Journal of Botany 98(9): 1520–1536. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100006 Reference page.
Rohwer, J.G., Li, J., Rudolph, B., Schmidt, S.A., van der Werff, H. & Li, H.W. 2009. Is Persea (Lauraceae) monophyletic? Evidence from nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences. Taxon 58(4): 1153–1167. DOI: 10.1002/tax.584009 ResearchGate Reference page.
Wei, F.N. & van der Werff, H. 2008. Phoebe. Pp. 189–200 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 7: Menispermaceae through Capparaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-930723-81-8. efloras PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Phoebe in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Phoebe. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 3 2016. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Phoebe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Oct. 2016. Reference page.