Phelima

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Phelima

Placement status: name or taxon excluded (unspecific)

Taxonomy

Based on a Javan plant, the vernacular name being given as champaca ceylon.
This was referred to Michelia LINNE by , and to Liriodendron LINNE by . According to the vernacular name, however, it was based on the species now known as Horsfieldia iryaghedi (GAERTN.) WARB. (Myristicaceae). referred Phelima to Pyrrhosa horsfieldii (BLUME) HASSK., which is a synonym of H. iryaghedi.

Citation

NOR. 1827 – In: Verh. Bat. Gen., ed. 2: 66