Atuna (genus) explained

Atuna is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1838.^{[1] [2] [3]} It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and various islands of the western Pacific.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[4]

• Atuna cordata Cockburn ex Prance - Sabah
• Atuna elliptica (Kosterm.) Kosterm. - Fiji
• Atuna excelsa (Jack) Kosterm. – Thailand to the western Pacific
• Atuna indica (Bedd.) Kosterm. - Kerala, Tamil Nadu
• Atuna latifrons (Kosterm.) Prance & F.White - Perak
• Atuna nannodes (Kosterm.) Kosterm. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
• Atuna penangiana (Kosterm.) Kosterm. - Peninsular Malaysia
• Atuna travancorica (Bedd.) Kosterm. - Kerala

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/404709#page/153/mode/1up Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1838. Sylva telluriana : Mantis. synopt. : new genera and species of trees and shrubs of North America, and other regions of the earth : omitted or mistaken by the botanical authors and compilers, or not properly classified, now reduced by their natural affinities to the proper natural orders and tribes 153-154
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40022558 Tropicos, Atuna Raf.
3. Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 320: 1–184.
4. Web site: Atuna Raf.. . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023-02-23 .