Toona sinensis

Toona sinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Cedreloideae
Genus: Toona
Species: Toona sinensis

Name

Toona sinensis (A.Juss.) M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 139. (1846)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cedrela sinensis A.Juss.
• Homotypic
  • Surenus sinensis (A.Juss.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 111 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Cedrela glabra C.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 742 (1878)
  • Cedrela longifolia Wall. ex C.DC. in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 3: 375 (1908), nom. superfl.
  • Cedrela longifolia var. kumaona C.DC. in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 3: 376 (1908)
  • Cedrela serrata Royle in Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 144 (1835)
  • Cedrela serrata var. puberula C.DC. in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 3: 363 (1908)
  • Cedrela sinensis var. hupehana C.DC. in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 3: 361 (1908)
  • Cedrela sinensis var. schensiana C.DC. in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 3: 361 (1908)
  • Surenus glabra Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 111 (1891)
  • Surenus serrata Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 111 (1891)
  • Toona glabra (C.DC.) Harms in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(4): 269 (1896)
  • Toona longifolia M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 140 (1846), nom. nud.
  • Toona microcarpa var. denticulata A.Chev. in Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 24: 158 (1944)
  • Toona microcarpa var. grandifolia A.Chev. in Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 24: 158 (1944)
  • Toona serrata (Royle) M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 139 (1846)
  • Toona sinensis var. carmesinixylon D.C.W. in Fl. Henan 2: 451 (1988)
  • Toona sinensis var. denticulata (A.Chev.) Bahadur in Monogr. Gen. Toona: 118 (1988)
  • Toona sinensis var. glabra (C.DC.) Bahadur in Monogr. Gen. Toona: 120 (1988)
  • Toona sinensis var. grandifolia (A.Chev.) Bahadur in Monogr. Gen. Toona: 121 (1988)
  • Toona sinensis var. grandis Pamp. in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 18: 171 (1911)
  • Toona sinensis var. hupehana (C.DC.) A.Chev. in Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 24: 156 (1944)
  • Toona sinensis var. incarvillei A.Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 24: 156 (1944)
  • Toona sinensis var. longifolia S.M.Almeida & M.R.Almeida in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 91: 474 (1994 publ. 1995)
  • Toona sinensis var. puberula (C.DC.) Bahadur in Monogr. Gen. Toona: 122 (1988)
  • Toona sinensis var. schensiana (C.DC.) X.M.Chen in J. Wuhan Bot. Res. 4: 187 (1986)
  • Ailanthus flavescens Carrière in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 14: 366 (1865)
  • Ailanthus mairei Gagnep. in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 11: 164 (1944)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-tropical Regional: Indian subcontinent Assam Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet, West Himalaya Regional: Southeatern Asia Borneo, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam Regional: China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast Introduced into: Afghanistan, Korea, Maryland, Tanzania, Uganda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roemer, M.J. 1846. Familiarum Naturalium Regni Vegetabilis Synopses Monographicae seu Enumeratio Omnium Plantarum hucusque Detectarum Secundum Ordines Naturales, Genera et Sepcies Digestarum, Additas Diagnosibus, Synonymis, Novarumque vel Minus Cognitarum Descriptionibus Curante M. J. Roemer. Fasc. i [-iv]... Vimarieae [Weimar] 1:139.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Toona sinensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Toona sinensis. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 11 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Toona sinensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Chinese Cedar
中文: 香椿

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