Garcinia
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Garcinia

garcinia
gourka
lemon saptree
mangosteen
mundu

Hierarchical position of the Genus Garcinia

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
  
   SuperOrdo  Theanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   Ordo  Theales Lindl.
pub. Nix. Pl.: 12. 17 Sep 1833.
  
   Familia  Clusiaceae Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 74. Jul 1836.
common name: Guttiferae
  
   Subfamilia  Garcinioideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 794. Jun 1835.
  
   Tribus  Garcinieae Choisy
pub. Prodr. 1: 560. mid Jan 1824.
  
   Genus  Garcinia L.
pub. (1753)
common name: saptree
  

Named members of the Genus Garcinia

1
   Species  dulcis (Roxb.) Kurz
common name: Gourka, mundu
  
2
   Species  hanburyi Hook. f.
common name: Hanbury's garcinia
3
   Species  hessii (Britt.) Alain
common name: lemon saptree
4
   Species  indica (Thouars) Choisy
common name: garcinia
5
   Species  kola Heckel
common name: garcinia
6
   Species  lateriflora Blume
common name: garcinia
7
   Species  livingstonei T. Anderson
common name: Livingstone's garcinia
8
   Species  mangostana L.
common name: mangosteen
9
   Species  multiflora Champ. ex Benth.
common name: garcinia
10
   Species  myrtifolia A.C. Smith
common name: garcinia
11
   Species  portoricensis (Urban) Alain
common name: palo de cruz  (Mexico)
12
   Species  tinctoria (DC.) W. F. Wight
syn. Garcinia xanthochymus
13
   Species  xanthochymus Hook. f. ex T. Anderson
common name: garcinia

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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