Lythraceae

Lagerstroemia L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1068 (1759)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Qinghai, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, Caroline Is., Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, Georgia, Haiti, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Korea, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkmenistan, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2013 Balansa, B. [23866] Vietnam K000729593 Isotype Yes
Oct 1, 2012 Hosseus, C.C. [530] Thailand K000567346 Isotype Yes
Sep 7, 2009 Leonardo, L. [3391] Philippines K000566114 Yes
Sep 1, 2009 Sidiyasa, K., et al. [1301] Indonesia K000566238 Yes
Sep 1, 2009 Chantaranothai, P., et al. [1355] Thailand K000566228 Yes
Jul 22, 1998 Pierre, L. [4995] Vietnam K000729592 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2114] K001115221 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2114] K001115220 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2114] Burma K001115225 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 2116] Burma K001115231 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2111] Nepal K001115203 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2114] India K001115222 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2111] K001115208 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2114] India K001115223 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2114] K001115219 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 2114] Burma K001115212 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2116] Burma K001115230 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2111] Burma K001115204 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2114] Burma K001115216 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2111] India K001115207 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pierre, L. [41998] Vietnam K000729715 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2114] K001115218 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2114] Burma K001115217 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2111] K001115205 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2114] Burma K001115215 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2114] Burma K001115211 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2114] K001115224 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2111] India K001115206 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2114] K001115214 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2117] Burma K001115232 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thorel, C. [2241] Cambodia K000729716 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2120] India K001115244 Unknown Type Material Yes
Carr, C.E. [12270] Papua New Guinea K000729693 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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