Atuna excelsa

Atuna excelsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Chrysobalanaceae
Genus:	Atuna
Species:	A. excelsa
Binomial name
	Atuna excelsa; (Jack) Kosterm.
Synonyms
	Of the species: Parinari jackiana Atuna racemosa subsp. excelsa; (Jack) Prance , nom. superfl. (Jack) Kosterm. ; Benth. Petrocarya excelsa; Ferolia jackiana Jack ; Cyclandrophora excelsa (Benth.) Kuntze ; Of subsp. excelsa: Atuna villamilii (Merr.) Kosterm. ; (Miq.) Prance ex Kosterm. (Miq.) Kuntze ; Merr. Pasania litoralis; Parinari asperula (Blume) Oerst. ; Cyclandrophora villamilii Miq. ; Blume Parinari maingayi; Cyclandrophora asperula (Merr.) Prance ex Kosterm. ; King Parinari spicata; Ferolia asperula King ; Quercus litoralis Parinari villamilii; Of subsp. racemosa: Parinari hahlii (King) Kosterm. ; Perkins Atuna racemosa; Raf. Atuna scabra; (Hassk.) Kosterm. Chrysobalanus racemosus; Roxb. (King) Kosterm. ; Hassk. (A.Gray) Kosterm. ; (Hassk.) Kosterm. (Hassk.) Kuntze ; King Warb. ; A.Gray Merr., nom. illeg. ; Perkins ex Merr. Parinari macrophylla; Parinari scabra var. lanceolata Petrocarya glaberrima; Ferolia glaberrima Parinari curranii; Parinari glaberrima Parinari lanceolata; Teijsm. & Binn., nom. nud. Koord. & Valeton ; (Hassk.) Miers Cyclandrophora elata; Cyclandrophora glaberrima Cyclandrophora laurina; Cyclandrophora scabra (Hassk.) Kuntze ; Merr. (Hassk.) Hassk. ; Teijsm. & Binn., nom. nud. A.Gray ; Koord. & Valeton (Hassk.) Miers ; Petrocarya scabra Parinari warburgii; Hassk. Parinari racemosa; Parinari scabra var. macrophylla Parinari mindanaensis; Parinari scabra Parinari margarata; Atuna elata Ferolia scabra; Parinari elata Parinari laurina;

Atuna excelsa is a species of flowering plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae, native to Thailand to the western Pacific.^[1]

Taxonomy

Atuna excelsa was first described by William Jack in 1822 as Petrocarya excelsa.^[4] The species and its two subspecies have acquired a large number of synonyms.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Subspecies

As of February 2023^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted two subspecies:^[1]

Atuna excelsa subsp. excelsa – Malesia and New Guinea^[2]
Atuna excelsa subsp. racemosa (Raf.) Prance – throughout most of the distribution of the species; introduced to Java^[3]

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) and the western Pacific (the Caroline Islands, Fiji, Samoa, the Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna).^[1]

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 "Atuna excelsa (Jack) Kosterm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-02-23
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Atuna excelsa subsp. excelsa", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-02-23
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Atuna excelsa subsp. racemosa (Raf.) Prance", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-02-23
^ "Atuna excelsa (Jack) Kosterm.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-02-23

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[POWO_167938-1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 "Atuna excelsa (Jack) Kosterm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-02-23

[POWO_77208402-1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Atuna excelsa subsp. excelsa", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-02-23

[POWO_77202185-1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Atuna excelsa subsp. racemosa (Raf.) Prance", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-02-23

[IPNI_167938-1-4] "Atuna excelsa (Jack) Kosterm.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-02-23

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