Symphonia globulifera

Symphonia globulifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Clusiaceae
Subfamily:	Clusioideae
Tribe:	Symphonieae
Genus:	Symphonia
Species:	S. globulifera
Binomial name
*Symphonia globulifera* L.f.
Synonyms
Symphonia gabonensis (Vesque) Pierre Symphonia microphyllaR.E. Schult. Symphonia utilissimaR.E. Schult. Moronobea coccinea Aubl. Moronobea globulifera (L.f) Schltdl. Sources:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Symphonia globulifera is a timber tree native to Central America, South America and Africa. This plant also used as a medicinal plant and ornamental plant.

Contents

1 Distribution
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

Distribution

Native

Neotropic: Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama; Caribbean: Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, St. Lucia; Northern South America: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela; Brazil: Brazil; Western South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador
Afrotropic: East Tropical Africa: Uganda; West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Gabon, Sao Tome, Principe, Zaire; West Tropical Africa: Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone; South Tropical Africa: Angola

References

^ "Symphonia globulifera L.f. record n° 8167" (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=8167. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
^ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1987-02-20). "Taxon: Symphonia globulifera L. f." (HTML). Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/html/taxon.pl?36005. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
^ "Symphonia globulifera L. f." (HTML). Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/07800762. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
^ "Symphonia globulifera L.f." (HTML). Classificação segundo a Flora brasiliensis. http://florabrasiliensis.cria.org.br/taxonCard?id=FB9305. Retrieved 2008-05-12.

See also

List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil

External links

"Symphonia globulifera" (HTML). La Selva Digital Flora. Estación Biológica La Selva. http://sura.ots.ac.cr/local/florula3/list_images.php?key_species_code=LS000938&key_genus=Symphonia&specie_name=globulifera. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
"Symphonia globulifera Linn. f." (HTML). Linnean herbarium (S-LINN). Swedish Museum of Natural History (S). 2002-04-23. http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/s/symph/sympglo1.html.en. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
FOURNIER, L.A.. "Symphonia globulifera" (HTML). Species Descriptions. Universidad de Costa Rica. http://www.rngr.net/Publications/ttsm/Folder.2003-07-11.4726/PDF.2004-03-16.4154/file. Retrieved 2008-05-12.