Sympetalandra unijuga

Specimen of Erythrophleum unijugum (B. Agullana For. Dep. 1780) stored in US.

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: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Sympetalandra
Species: Sympetalandra unijuga

Name

Sympetalandra unijuga (Airy Shaw) Steenis, Blumea 22(2): 163 (1975)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Erythrophleum unijugum Airy Shaw, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 180 (1939), as Erythrophloeum unijugum
    • Typus:
      • Holotype: B. Agullana in [B.N.B.] For. Dept.[Forestry Department] 1780 (14 April 1932; L 0019340^(JSTOR) [fragment]; Isotypes: A 00066320^(JSTOR), BO-1254707^(GBIF) [as S. borneensis], K {K000756971^(JSTOR), K000756972^(JSTOR)}; cf. US [​US00227252 (2156054), without any type indication]).
      • Paratypus: A.D.E. Elmer 20923 (October 1922 – March 1923; HBG [​HBG519098^(JSTOR)], NY [​NY00004907^(GBIF)]).
    • Type locality: [Malaysia.] British North Borneo[Sabah]:
      • Holotypus: Tawau, along the bank of the Marutai River.
      • Paratypus: Forested saline flats near Tawao.
• Heterotypic
  • Serianthes gigalobium Kosterm., Reinwardtia 2(2): 357, fig. 1 (1953); not accepted by van Steenis (1975: 163) [cited as Sympetalandra unijuga]
    • Typus: bb 20030 [K. Sumeisey 68] (September, in fruit; Holotypus: BO; Isotypus: L 0019339^(JSTOR)).
    • Type locality: INDONESIAn Borneo. Eastern Division: Tidung Lands Subdiv., Nunukan, Sungei Mesapak.

Misapplied names

• Erythrophleum densiflorum auct. non (Elmer) Merr.: Merr., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 84(Spec. No.): 295 (1921) quoad Villamil 52
• Sympetalandra borneensis auct. non Stapf: Merr., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15: 98 (1929) quoad [Elmer] 20923; Kosterm., Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 5 (1958), pro specim. maj. part.; Whitmore, Tree Flora of Malaya 1: 274 (1972), excl. SF 31984, et al.?; Meijer, Field Guide to Trees of West Malesia: 197, fig. 47 (1974)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Malesia Borneo (Kalimantan, Sabah), Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• van Steenis, C.G.G.J. 1975. A review of the genus Sympetalandra Stapf and its position in Caesalpinioideae. Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 22(2) 159–167. Full Article (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Merrill, E.D. 1921. A bibliographical enumeration of Bornean plants. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Special Number: 1–637. BHL Reference page. 
• Merrill, E.D. 1929. Plantae Elmerianae Borneenses. University of California Publications in Botany 15: 1–316. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Airy Shaw, H.K. 1939. Erythrophloeum unijugum. P. 180 in Decades Kewenses. Plantarum Novarum in Herbario Horti Regii Conservatarum. Decas CXXXIII. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1939(4): 177–185. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Kostermans, A.J.G.H. 1953. New and critical Malaysian plants―I. Reinwardtia 2(2): 357–366. DOI: 10.55981/reinwardtia.1953.1023 [nonfunctional] (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kostermans, A.J.G.H. 1958. New and Critical Malaysian Plants, V. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 17(1): 1–10. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Sympetalandra unijuga in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 October 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Sympetalandra unijuga. Published online. Accessed: 19 October 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Sympetalandra unijuga. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 October 2021.

Vernacular names

Bahasa Melayu: Merbau Lalat [in North Borneo]

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