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095.0000 Family Annonaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 283 (1789), nom. cons.
125 genera, ca. 2450 spp. Systematics following Nge et al. (2024)
Species listed in database: 2612; hybrids: 8
= Hornschuchiaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 65 (1858)
= Monodoraceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 126 (1858)
095.3842 Genus Desmos Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 1: 352 (1790)
Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Malesia to N-Australia
Species listed in database: 20
= Camphorina Noronha; Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(4): 1 (1790)
species :
Desmos acutus (Teijsm. & Binn.) I.M.Turner; Malayan Nat. J. 62(4): 368 (2010)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (once from Perak); Borneo; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.
42 BOR JAW LSI MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Desmos teysmannii (Boerl.) Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 235 (1915)
= Habzelia acuta (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(2, 1): 37 (1858)
= Unona acuta (Teijsm. & Binn.) Zoll.; Linnaea 29: 320 (1858)
= Unona teysmannii Boerl.; Icon. Bogor. [Boerlage] 1: 103 (1899)
= Uvaria acuta Teijsm. & Binn.; Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 4: 398 (1853)
= Xylopicrum acutum (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 8 (1891)
species :
Desmos chinensis Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 1: 352 (1790)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (widespread); Thailand (widespread); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Penang, Kelantan, Terengganu, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka); Borneo; Brunei; Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines (Basilan, Mindanao); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali); Trinidad [I]
36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR BRN JAW LSI MLY PHI PLW SUL 81 trt
Synonyms: hidden
= Artabotrys esquirolii H.Lév.; Fl. Kouy-Tcheou 29 (1914-1915)
= Desmos chinensis var. brevifolius (Teijsm. & Binn. ex Boerl.) Bân; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 59(12): 1773 (1974)
= Desmos chinensis var. laevigatus (Hook.f. & Thomson) Debika Mitra; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 35(1-4): 117 (1993 publ. 3 july 1997)
= Desmos chinensis var. macropetalus (Teijsm. & Binn. ex Boerl.) Bân; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 59(12): 1774 (1974)
= Magnolia echinina P.Parm.; Bull. Sci. France Belgique 27: 204, 265, 325, pl. IX, Fig. 25 (1896)
= Unona amherstiana Wall. ex A.DC.; Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 5: 203 (1832)
= Unona biglandulosa Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: 16 (1825)
= Unona chinensis (Lour.) DC.; Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 1: 495 (1817)
= Unona cordifolia Roxb. ex Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 59 (1872)
= Unona discolor Vahl; Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 2: 63, t. 76 (1791)
= Unona discolor var. angustipetala Boerl.; Cat. Pl. Phan. [Boerlage] 1: 17 (1899)
= Unona discolor var. bracteata Blume; Fl. Javae, Annonac. 37, t. 15 (1830)
= Unona discolor var. brevifolia Teijsm. & Binn. ex Boerl.; Cat. Pl. Phan. [Boerlage] 1: 17 (1899)
= Unona discolor var. laevigata Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Ind. [Hooker f. & Thomson] 1: 133 (1855)
= Unona discolor var. macropetala Teijsm. & Binn. ex Boerl.; Cat. Pl. Phan. [Boerlage] 1: 16 (1899)
= Unona discolor var. neglecta Boerl.; Cat. Pl. Phan. [Boerlage] 1: 17 (1899)
= Unona discolor var. pachypetala Teijsm. & Binn. ex Boerl.; Cat. Pl. Phan. [Boerlage] 1: 17 (1899)
= Unona discolor var. siamensis Scheff. ex Boerl.; Cat. Pl. Phan. [Boerlage] 1: 17 (1899)
= Unona laevigata Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6428 (1832)
= Unona lessertiana Dunal; Monogr. Anonac. 107, t. 26 (1817)
= Unona monilifera (Gaertn.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 91 (1824)
= Unona moniliformis Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 731 (1841)
= Unona undulata Roxb. ex Wall.; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: t. 265 (1832), nom. illeg.
= Uvaria amherstiana (A.DC.) Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 1(1): 77 (1842)
= Uvaria cordifolia Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 94 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind., ed. 1832, 2: 662 (1832)
= Uvaria discolor (Vahl) Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 1(1): 77 (1842)
= Uvaria monilifera Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 156 (1791)
= Uvaria uncata Vahl ex DC.; Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 1: 492 (1817)
= Uvaria undulata Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 43 (1814), nomen, non Roxb.
= Uvaria undulata Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 1: 77 (1842)
= Xylopia laevigata (Hook.f. & Thomson) R.E.Fr.; Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., n. s. 34(5): 37 (1900)
variant :
var. jarawae Chakrab. & Diwakar; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 34: 812, Fig. 1 (2010)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.
41 AND
variant :
var. latifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Karthik. & Moorthy; Fl. Pl. India 87 (2009)
Distribution: India (Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Unona discolor var. latifolia Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 59 (1872)
variant :
var. pubescens (Hook.f. & Thomson) D.B.Deb; Fl. Tripura State 1: 83 (1981)
Distribution: India (Tripura)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Unona discolor var. pubescens Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Ind. [Hooker f. & Thomson] 133 (1855)
variant :
var. pubiflora (Hook.f. & Thomson) Karthik. & Moorthy; Fl. Pl. India 88 (2009)
Distribution: India (almost throughout)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Unona discolor var. pubiflora Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 59 (1872)
species :
Desmos chryseus (Miq.) Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 235 (1915)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Monoon chryseum Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 15 (1865)
= Unona chrysea (Miq.) Boerl.; Icon. Bogor. [Boerlage] 1: 102 (1899)
species :
Desmos cochinchinensis Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 352 (1790)
Distribution: India (Assam, Manipur); Nicobar Isl. (Central Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (widespread); Thailand (widespread); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Penang, Kelantan, Perak, Pahang); Borneo
40 IND 41 CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Desmos cochinchinensis var. fulvescens Bân; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 59: 1770 (1974)
= Desmos hancei Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 235 (1915)
= Desmos velutinus (Hance) Ast; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] Suppl. 1: 67 (1938)
= Unona cabog Blanco; Fl. Filip. [Blanco] 466 (1837)
= Unona cochinchinensis (Lour.) DC.; Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 1: 495 (1817)
= Unona desmos Raeusch.; Nomencl. Bot. [Raeuschel], ed. 3: 161 (1797)
= Unona discolor Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6320 D, E (1832)
= Unona fulva Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6427 (1832)
= Unona odorata Blanco; Fl. Filip., ed. 2 [Blanco] 325 (1845)
= Unona tomentosa Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 2(2): 1271 (1799), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Unona velutina Hance; J. Bot. 15: 328 (1877)
species :
Desmos costatus (Miq.) Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 235 (1915)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Unona costata Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 376 (1861)
species :
Desmos dinhensis (Pierre ex Finet & Gagnep.) Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 235 (1915)
Distribution: Thailand (NE-Thailand); Laos; Vietnam
41 LAO THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Unona dinhensis Pierre ex Finet & Gagnep.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 4: 79 (1906)
species :
Desmos dumosus (Roxb.) Saff.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 506 (1912)
Distribution: China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan); Bhutan; India (Assam, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand (N- & NE-Thailand); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Kelantan, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Melaka, Johor); Singapore; Borneo
36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR MLY SNG
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Dasymaschalon moniliferum (Merr.) P.T.Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 14(1): 104 (1976)
= Desmos dumosus var. glabrior Craib; Fl. Siam 1(1): 39 (1925)
= Desmos subbiglandulosus (Miq.) Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 235 (1915)
= Oxymitra monilifera Merr.; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15: 73 (1929)
= Unona dumosa Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 670 (1832)
= Unona subbiglandulosa Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 11 (1865)
species :
Desmos dunalii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 506 (1912)
Distribution: Thailand (peninsular Thailand); peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Borneo
41 THA 42 BOR MLY SNG
Synonyms: hidden
= Unona dunalii var. lateriflora Boerl.; Cat. Pl. Phan. [Boerlage] 1: 16 (1899)
= Unona dunalii Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Ind. [Hooker f. & Thomson] 131 (1855)
species :
Desmos elegans (Thwaites) Saff.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 506 (1912)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Unona elegans Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 398 (1859)
= Polyalthia elegans (Thwaites) Finet & Gagnep.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 4: 97 (1906), nom. illeg., non P. elegans K. Schumach. & Lauterb. (1900)
species :
Desmos goezeanus (F.Muell.) Jessup; Austrobaileya 2(3): 227 (1986)
Distribution: Australia (NE-Queensland: Bloomfield toTully Rivers)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Unona queenslandica Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 89: 670 (1925)
= Uva goetzeana (F.Muell.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 7 (1891)
= Uvaria goezeana F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 7: 125 (1869)
species :
Desmos grandifolius (Finet & Gagnep.) C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 14(1): 104 (1976)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan); Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Desmos cochinchinensis var. grandifolia (Finet & Gagnep.) Ast; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] Suppl. 1: 66 (1938)
= Desmos pedunculosus var. tonkinensis Bân; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 59(12): 1775 (1974)
= Unona desmos var. grandifolia Finet & Gagnep.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 4: 81 (1906)
species :
Desmos insolens Ezedin; PhytoKeys 262: 267 (2025)
Distribution: New Guinea (N-Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 506 (1912)
Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; ?Vietnam
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Ind. [Hooker f. & Thomson] 1: 132 (1855)
= Desmos chinensis var. lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Bân; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 59(12): 1774 (1974)
= Polyalthia lawii Finet & Gagnep.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 4: 89 (1909)
species :
Desmos macrocarpus Bân; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 59(12): 1775 (1974)
Distribution: Thailand (N-Thailand)
41 THA
species :
Desmos pedunculosus (A.DC.) Bân; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 59(12): 1774 (1974)
Distribution: Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand (E-, SW- & peninsular Thailand); Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia
40 BAN 41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Unona pedunculosa A.DC.; Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 5: 204 (1832)
= Uvaria pedunculosa (A.DC.) Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 1(1): 77 (1842)
species :
Desmos polycarpus Jessup; Fl. Australia 2: 447 (2007)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland: Iron Range to Mossman R.)
50 AUS
species :
Desmos ramarowii (Dunn) D.Das; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 5: 42, 93 (1963)
Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Meiogyne ramarowii (Dunn) Gandhi; Fl. Hassan Distr. [Saldanha & Nicolson] 38 (1976)
= Meiogyne ramarowii (Dunn) J.Linn.Ellis; Biol. Mem. 2(1-2): 11 (1977)
= Unona ramarowii Dunn; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 183 (1914)
species :
Desmos viridiflorus (Bedd.) Saff.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 506 (1912)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Unona viridiflora Bedd.; Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. [Beddome] 34 (1868-1874)
species :
Desmos wardianus (F.M.Bailey) Jessup; Austrobaileya 2(3): 227 (1986)
Distribution: Australia (Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, and Queensland from Torres Strait to Mcllwraith Range)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Unona wardiana F.M.Bailey; Queensl. Fl. (1996)
species :
Desmos zeylanicus Saff.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 506 (1912)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Unona zeylanica Hook.f. & Thomson; Fl. Ind. [Hooker f. & Thomson] 1: 132 (1855)
= Polyalthia zeylanica (Hook.f. & Thomson) Finet & Gagnep.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 4: 97 (1906)
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