Virola carinata

Virola carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Virola
Species: V. carinata
Binomial name
Virola carinata
(Benth.) Warb.[1][2][3][4]

Virola carinata is a New World, tropical evergreen tree in the Myristicaceae family that is indigenous to Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil (Amazonas and Rondônia). It grows to a height of about 30m and its fruit is subglobular, 16-20 mm long and 17-19 mm in diameter, found in groups of 4 to 12.[3]

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References

  1. ^ This binomial authority comes from the ARS-GRIN.gov reference; however the references for plantes-botanique.be and IPNI.org credit the authorities as "(Spruce ex Benth.) Warb." and "Warb.", respectively.
  2. ^ GRIN. "Virola carinata information from ARS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?451069. Retrieved October 11, 2009. 
  3. ^ a b Morlhon, Philippe. "Plantes et botanique :: Virola carinata" (in French (with "Google Translate" option)). www.plantes-botanique.be. http://www.plantes-botanique.be/e1-Myristicaceae-Virola-carinata. Retrieved 2008-04-30. 
  4. ^ "Plant Name Details for Virola carinata". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=267142-2&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditSimplePlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_wholeName%3DVirola%2Bcarinata%26output_format%3Dnormal. Retrieved October 11, 2009.