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  1. Family: Cornaceae Bercht. & J.Presl

    1. Alangium Lam.

        2. This genus is accepted, and its native range is Tropical Africa to SW. Pacific.

    [FZ]

    Alangiaceae, J. F. M. Cannon. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978

    Note
    Characters as for family.
    [FTEA]

    Alangiaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1958

    Note
    Characters of the family.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, Rwanda, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

    Alangium Lam. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Nov 1, 2014 Buchanan-Hamilton, F. [Cat. no. s.n.], India K001132940
    Johns, R.J. [8746], Indonesia 64588.000

    First published in Encycl. 1: 174 (1783)

    Accepted by

    • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
    • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

    Literature

    Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • Wangerin in Engl. Pflanzenr. Alangiaceae 6 (1910).
    • Encycl. Méth. Bot. 1: 174 (1783)
    Flora Zambesiaca
    • Encycl. Méth. Bot. 1: 174 (1783).
    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • Encycl. 1: 174 (1783)

    Sources

    Flora Zambesiaca
    Flora Zambesiaca
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China
    The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0