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Taxon:  Platonia insignis Mart.



Summary
Genus:
Platonia
Family:
Clusiaceae (alt. Guttiferae)
Nomen number:
310496
Place of publication:
Nov. gen. sp. pl. 3:169, t. 289. 1832
Comment:
an illegitimate, superfluous name (Melbourne ICN Art. 52) if the cited Moronobea esculenta Arruda treated as validly published, which the Committee for Spermatophyta considered not so while contradictorily recommending it for rejection
Verified:
08/31/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aristoclesia esculenta (Arruda) Stuntz
Moronobea esculenta Arruda
Platonia esculenta (Arruda) Oken
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Reference(s)
  1. Angely, J. A. Flora analitica do Parana. 1965
  2. Barrie, F. R. 2011. Report of the General Committee: 11. Taxon 60:1212. Note: Committee failed to reach agreement on status of Moronobea esculenta Arruda
  3. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
  4. Brummitt, R. K. 2005. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 56. Taxon 54:527-528. Note: conservation proposal not recommended, but Moronobea esculenta rejected under Art. 56 instead
  5. Brummitt, R. K. 2010. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 61. Taxon 59:1276. Note: Committee recommends that "Moronobea esculenta Arruda" not be considered as validly published
  6. Castro, P. et al. 2007. Opciones para la producción y uso del biodiésel en el Perú. Solucion. Pract. ITDG 51:97.
  7. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 Note: = P. esculenta (Arruda) Oken
  8. Farr, E. R. et al., eds. Index nomina genericorum. 1979; suppl. 1986
  9. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource). http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
  10. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 Note: = P. esculenta
  11. Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. Flora of Suriname. 1932-
  12. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 Note: = P. esculenta
  13. Rickett, H. W. & F. A. Stafleu. 1959. Nomina generica conservanda et rejicienda spermatophytorum III. Taxon 8:313. Note: = P. esculenta (Arruda) Oken
  14. Rijckevorsel, P. van. 2002. (1564) Proposal to conserve the name Platonia insignis against Moronobea esculenta (Guttiferae). Taxon 51:813-815. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  15. Villachica, H. 1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 1993- 44:50-55. Note: = P. esculenta (Arruda) Oken
Common names
English
bacury –
French
bacuri –
parcouri –
Portuguese (Brazil)
bacouré –
Spanish
bacouré –
bacuri –
Swedish
bacuriträd –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMato Grosso 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPara 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
Native
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Para]
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Suriname
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia
Economic Uses
Fuels
Human food
potential as fruit (fide CoopAmaz 44:54-55. 1996, as P. esculenta) –
Materials
wax (used for candles and soaps fide Handb Nuts, as P. esculenta) –


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