Polyalthia cauliflora Hook. f. & Thomson

Flora Indica: 138 (Hooker & Thomson 1855).

– Type: Singapore, Oct. 1822, N. Wallich s.n. [EIC 6476] (holo-: K-W (K001123992)).

Guatteria teysmannii Miq., Flora van Nederlandsch Indië. Supplementum primum. Prodromus florae sumatranae: 378 (Miquel 1861). – Monoon teysmannii (Miq.) Miq., Annales Musei Botanici Lugdunu-Batavi 2: 19 (Miquel 1865). – Polyalthia teysmannii (Miq.) King, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part II (Natural History &c.) 61: 67 (King 1892). – Lectotype (designated by Turner 2011: 69): Indonesia, Sumatra, Palembang, Batu Radja, s. dat., J.E. Teijsmann s.n. [Herb. Bogor. 3901] (U (U 0000373)).

Unona desmantha Hook. f. & Thomson, The flora of British India 1: 61 (Hooker & Thomson 1872). – Desmos desmanthus (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff., Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 39: 508 (Safford 1912). – Polyalthia cauliflora var. desmantha (Hook.f. & Thomson) J.Sinclair, Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore 14: 295 (Sinclair 1955). – Lectotype (designated by Turner 2010b: 268): Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, Malacca, 1865-1866, A.C. Maingay 1045 [Kew distribution no. 48] (K (K000691431)).

Polyalthia beccarii King, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part II (Natural History &c.) 61: 65 (King 1892). – Polyalthia cauliflora Hook. f. & Thomson var. beccarii (King) J.Sinclair, Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore 14: 294 (Sinclair 1955). – Lectotype (designated by Turner 2009: 93): Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, Perak, Gopeng, Kinta, Jul. 1883, King’s Collector [H.H. Kunstler] 4522 (hololecto-: K (K00069131); isolecto-: CAL, DD, U).

Unona pycnantha Hook. f. & Thomson, The Flora of British India 1: 60 (Hooker & Thomson 1872). – Polyalthia pycnantha (Hook.f. & Thomson) King, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part II (Natural History &c.) 61: 67 (King 1892). – Lectotype (designated by Turner 2010b: 268): Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia: Malacca, 9 Jan. 1865 or 1866, A.C. Maingay 1491 [Kew distribution no. 48] (K (K000691459)).

Unona wrayi Hemsl., Hooker’s Icones Plantarum 16: t. 1553 (Hemsley 1887). – Polyalthia wrayi (Hemsl.) Ridl., The Flora of the Malay Peninsula 1: 49 (Ridley 1922). – Polyalthia cauliflora Hook. f. & Thomson var. wrayi (Hemsl.) J.Sinclair, Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore 14: 296 (Sinclair 1955). – Type: Peninsular Malaysia, Perak, Ulu Kenring, Jan. 1884, L. Wray 560 (holo-: K (K000691466)).

Description and distribution

Sinclair (1955: 292–297), Turner (2014: 145–146).