| Symphonia globulifera L.f. |
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| Family : CLUSIACEAE |
| Protologue : Suppl. Pl.: 302 (1782) |
| Information on the genus : Symphonia |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Moronobea globulifera (L.f.) Schltdl. (1833) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Symphonia globulifera var. gabonensis Vesque (1893) |
| =Symphonia gabonensis (Vesque) Pierre (1896) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tree (7,5-)15-25(-40) m, with straight bole 1,5 m in girth, sometimes with short buttresses and often with stilt-roots; branches short, horizontal, whorled (resembling Picea abies), conspicuously crowded with red-berry-like flowers. |
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| Ecology : |
Rain-forest; watersides in swamp forest (often dominant tree); 200-1900 m alt. S. Tomé. C & S. America; S. Domingo, Jamaica, Dominica Is., Guadalupe, Trinidad. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Tree; distribution: New World, |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Fl. Zambes. 1[2]: 395 (1961).
- Fl. Zambes. 1[2]: 394-396 (1961).
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 220 (2006).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Tropicos |
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| Record n°8167 |
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