Hura crepitans

Hura crepitans

Hura crepitans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Euphorbioideae
Tribus: Hureae
Genus: Hura
Species: Hura crepitans

Name

Hura crepitans L., 1753

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Hura crepitans var. genuina Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Hura brasiliensis Willd., Enum. Pl.: 997 (1809).
  • Hura strepens Willd., Enum. Pl.: 997 (1809).
  • Hura senegalensis Baill., Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 77 (1860).
  • Hura crepitans var. membranacea Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866).
  • Hura crepitans var. oblongifolia Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1230 (1866).
  • Hura crepitans f. oblongifolia Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866).
  • Hura crepitans var. orbicularis Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866).
  • Hura crepitans f. orbicularis Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866).
  • Hura crepitans var. ovata Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866).
  • Hura crepitans f. ovata Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866).
  • Hura crepitans var. senegalensis (Baill.) Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1230 (1866).
  • Hura crepitans var. strepens Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1230 (1866).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Bahamas; Benin; Bolivia; Brazil North; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Leeward Is.; Nicaragua; Panam; Peru; Puerto Rico; Southwest Caribbean; Suriname; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles; Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1008.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Hura crepitans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jul 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Hura crepitans. Published online. Accessed: Jul 17 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Hura crepitans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jul 17. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Hura crepitans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Jul 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hura crepitans in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Sandbox Tree
magyar: Porzófa

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