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{{Short description|Species of plant}}
{{Use dmy dates|cs1-dates=ly|date=February 2023}}
{{Speciesbox
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|taxon = Atuna excelsa
|authority = (Jack) Kosterm.<ref name=POWO_167938-1/>
|synonyms =
Of the species:<ref name=POWO_167938-1/>
  {{Species list
  |Atuna racemosa subsp. excelsa|(Jack) Prance , nom. superfl.
  |Cyclandrophora excelsa|(Jack) Kosterm.
  |Ferolia jackiana|(Benth.) Kuntze
  |Parinari jackiana|Benth.
  |Petrocarya excelsa|Jack
  }}
Of subsp. ''excelsa'':<ref name=POWO_77208402-1/>
  {{Species list
  |Atuna villamilii|(Merr.) Kosterm.
  |Cyclandrophora asperula|(Miq.) Prance ex Kosterm.
  |Cyclandrophora villamilii|(Merr.) Prance ex Kosterm.
  |Ferolia asperula|(Miq.) Kuntze
  |Parinari asperula|Miq.
  |Parinari maingayi|King
  |Parinari spicata|King
  |Parinari villamilii|Merr.
  |Pasania litoralis|(Blume) Oerst.
  |Quercus litoralis|Blume
  }}
Of subsp. ''racemosa'':<ref name=POWO_77202185-1/>
  {{Species list
  |Atuna elata|(King) Kosterm.
  |Atuna racemosa|Raf.
  |Atuna scabra|(Hassk.) Kosterm.
  |Chrysobalanus racemosus|Roxb.
  |Cyclandrophora elata|(King) Kosterm.
  |Cyclandrophora glaberrima|Hassk.
  |Cyclandrophora laurina|(A.Gray) Kosterm.
  |Cyclandrophora scabra|(Hassk.) Kosterm.
  |Ferolia glaberrima|(Hassk.) Kuntze
  |Ferolia scabra|(Hassk.) Kuntze
  |Parinari curranii|Merr.
  |Parinari elata|King
  |Parinari glaberrima|(Hassk.) Hassk.
  |Parinari hahlii|Warb.
  |Parinari lanceolata|Teijsm. & Binn., nom. nud.
  |Parinari laurina|A.Gray
  |Parinari macrophylla|Teijsm. & Binn., nom. nud.
  |Parinari margarata|A.Gray
  |Parinari mindanaensis|Perkins
  |Parinari racemosa|Merr., nom. illeg.
  |Parinari scabra var. lanceolata|Koord. & Valeton
  |Parinari scabra var. macrophylla|Koord. & Valeton
  |Parinari scabra|Hassk.
  |Parinari warburgii|Perkins ex Merr.
  |Petrocarya glaberrima|(Hassk.) Miers
  |Petrocarya scabra|(Hassk.) Miers
  }}
}}

'''''Atuna excelsa''''' is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Chrysobalanaceae]], [[Native species|native]] to Thailand to the western Pacific.<ref name=POWO_167938-1/>

==Taxonomy==
''Atuna excelsa'' was first described by [[William Jack (botanist)|William Jack]] in 1822 as ''Petrocarya excelsa''.<ref name=IPNI_167938-1/> The species and its two subspecies have acquired a large number of [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonyms]].<ref name=POWO_167938-1/><ref name=POWO_77208402-1/><ref name=POWO_77202185-1/>

===Subspecies===
{{As of|2023|February}}, [[Plants of the World Online]] accepted two subspecies:<ref name=POWO_167938-1/>
*''Atuna excelsa'' subsp. ''excelsa'' – [[Malesia]] and [[New Guinea]]<ref name=POWO_77208402-1/>
*[[Atuna excelsa subsp. racemosa|''Atuna excelsa'' subsp. ''racemosa'']] <small>(Raf.) Prance</small> – throughout most of the distribution of the species; introduced to [[Java]]<ref name=POWO_77202185-1/>

==Distribution==
''Atuna excelsa'' is native to [[Thailand]], Malesia ([[Borneo]], Java, [[Peninsular Malaysia]], the [[Maluku Islands]], the [[Philippines]], [[Sulawesi]] and [[Sumatra]]), [[Papuasia]] (the [[Bismarck Archipelago]], New Guinea and the [[Solomon Islands (archipelago)|Solomon Islands]]) and the western Pacific (the [[Caroline Islands]], [[Fiji]], [[Samoa]], the [[Santa Cruz Islands]], [[Tonga]], [[Vanuatu]] and [[Wallis and Futuna]]).<ref name=POWO_167938-1/>

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=IPNI_167938-1>{{citation |mode=cs2 |title=''Atuna excelsa'' (Jack) Kosterm. |work=[[International Plant Names Index|The International Plant Names Index]] |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=167938-1 |access-date=2023-02-23}}</ref>

<ref name=POWO_167938-1>{{citation |mode=cs2 |title=''Atuna excelsa'' (Jack) Kosterm. |work=[[Plants of the World Online]] |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:167938-1 |access-date=2023-02-23}}</ref>

<ref name=POWO_77202185-1>{{citation |title=''Atuna excelsa'' subsp. ''racemosa'' (Raf.) Prance |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77202185-1 |access-date=2023-02-23 }}</ref>

<ref name=POWO_77208402-1>{{citation |title=''Atuna excelsa'' subsp. ''excelsa'' |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77208402-1 |access-date=2023-02-23 }}</ref>
}}

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[[Category:Atuna|excelsa]]
[[Category:Flora of the Bismarck Archipelago]]
[[Category:Flora of Borneo]]
[[Category:Flora of the Caroline Islands]]
[[Category:Flora of Fiji]]
[[Category:Flora of Java]]
[[Category:Flora of Malaya]]
[[Category:Flora of the Maluku Islands]]
[[Category:Flora of New Guinea]]
[[Category:Flora of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Flora of Samoa]]
[[Category:Flora of the Santa Cruz Islands]]
[[Category:Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago)]]
[[Category:Flora of Sulawesi]]
[[Category:Flora of Sumatra]]
[[Category:Flora of Thailand]]
[[Category:Flora of Tonga]]
[[Category:Flora of Vanuatu]]
[[Category:Flora of Wallis and Futuna]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1822]]


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