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Family : CHRYSOBALANACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 513 (1753)  |
Information on the genus : Chrysobalanus |
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Status
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Chrysobalanus icaco L. subsp. icaco (1753) |
Chrysobalanus icaco var. luteus (Sabine) Souza (1979) |
Chrysobalanus luteus Sabine |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Chrysobalanus ellipticus Sol. ex Sabine (1824) |
=Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. ellipticus (Sol. ex Sabine) Souza (1979) |
=Chrysobalanus icaco var. macrocarpus Souza (1979) |
=Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. orbicularis (Schumach.) Souza |
=Chrysobalanus orbicularis Schumach. (1827) |
=Chrysobalanus icaco var. orbicularis (1979) |
=Chrysobalanus pellocarpus G. Mey. |
=Chrysobalanus icaco var. pellocarpus (G. Mey.) Souza (1979) |
=Chrysobalanus icaco var. roseus Souza |
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Taxon infra-specific |
Chrysobalanus icaco L. subsp. icaco (1753) |
Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. atacorensis (A. Chev.) F. White (1976) |
Chrysobalanus icaco var. atacorensis (1976) |
Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. orbicularis (Schumach.) Souza |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Evergreen (straggling) shrub to 3-4 m tall, or tree to 12 m [subsp. icaco], or 30 m with bole 35 cm Ø [subsp. atacorensis (A. Chev.) F. White], much branched, branching low down; |
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Ecology : |
Subsp. icaco is very variable in leaf-shape, branching of inflorescence, and in fruit shape, size and colour. |
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Differences between the West Indian C. cuspidatus Griseb. and C. icaco are slight, but no intermidiates are known between them.
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The identity of Chrysobalanus stuhlmannii Engl. (holotype Stuhlmann 430, B, lost; only gathering), describe |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Boudet G. & J.P. Lebrun (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16
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