Virola surinamensis

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Overview

Endangered

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: A primary species of swamp and inundated forest types. Also recorded from secondary forests.


List of Habitats :1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 1.8Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp 14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Myristica surinamensis
2. Myristica surinamensis Rol. ex Rottb.
3. Palala surinamensis
4. Palala surinamensis (Rol. ex Rottb.) Kuntze
5. Virola surinamensis (Rol. ex Rottb.) Warb.
6. Virola surinamensis (Rol.) Warb.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 05-Apr-2001

Place of publication : Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 68:208. 1897

Name verified on 27-Feb-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 24-Oct-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Virola

There are approximately 94 species in this genus:

V. aequatorialis · V. albidiflora · V. araujovii · V. atopa · V. bicuhyba · V. boliviensis · V. brachycarpa · V. caducifolia · V. calophyla · V. calophylla (Virola) · V. calophylloidea (Virola) · V. carinata · V. carinata var. gracilis · V. carinita · V. carinita var. gracilis · V. coelhoi · V. crebrinervia · V. cuspidata · V. cuspidata var. membranacea · V. decorticans · V. divergens · V. dixonii · V. duckei · V. elliptica · V. elongata · V. elongata var. longicuspis · V. elongata var. punctata · V. elongata var. subcordata · V. flexuosa · V. gardneri · V. glaziovii · V. glaziovii var. latifolia · V. glycycarpa · V. guatemalensis · V. guggenheimii · V. incolor · V. koschnyi · V. kukachkana · V. kwatae · V. laevigata · V. lepidota · V. lieneana · V. lieniana · V. loretensis · V. macrocarpa · V. malmei · V. marlenei · V. megacarpa · V. melinonii · V. merendonis · V. michelii · V. michelli · V. minutiflora · V. mocoa · V. mollissima · V. multicostata · V. multiflora · V. multinervia · V. mycetis · V. narcotica · V. nobilis · V. obovata · V. officinalis · V. oleifera · V. panamensis · V. papillosa · V. parvifolia · V. pavonis · V. peruviana · V. polyneura · V. reidii · V. rufula · V. rugulosa · V. schultesii · V. schwackei · V. sebifera (Virola) · V. sessilis · V. setifera · V. sp. · V. sp1 · V. steyermarkii · V. subcordata · V. subsessilis · V. surinamensis (Baboonwood) · V. tertiaria · V. theiodora (Virola) · V. urbaniana · V. venezuelensis · V. venosa · V. venosa var. martii · V. venosa var. pavonis · V. villosa · V. warburgii · V. weberbaueri

Bibliography

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Notes

Contributors

• Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica, November 1996) 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 05, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 15 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 20, 2008.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 05, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 05, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, Instituto de Pesquisas Cientificas e Tecnologicas do Estado do Amapa
• SysTax, New York Botanical Garden
• SysTax, SysTax
• SysTax, Universidade Federal do Parana
• University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU, Herbarium WU

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2645092
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-18123
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13729070
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:586609-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 41806
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 586609-1
• IUCN ID: 33959
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 407490

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