Virola sebifera Aubl.

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 595-596

[1209] Virola sebifera Aubl.

Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 904 [ Jun.-Dec. 1775] ( Aublet 1775). — Myristica sebifera (Aubl.) Sw., Prodr. [Swartz]: 96 [ 20 Jun.-29 July 1788] (Swartz 1788). — Palala sebifera (Aubl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 567 [ 5 Nov. 1891] (Kuntze 1891), nom. inval. (genus name illegitimate). Myristica virola Raeusch., Nomencl. Bot. [Raeusch.], ed. 3, 292 (Raeuschel 1797), nom. nud. Myristica mocoa A.DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14 (1): 195 [mid Oct. 1856] (Candolle 1856). — Palala mocoa (A.DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 567 [ 5 Nov. 1891] (Kuntze 1891), nom. inval. (genus name illegitimate). — Virola mocoa (A.DC.) Warb., Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat . Cur. 68: 183 (Warburg 1897).

Myristica sebifera var. cordifolia A.DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14 (1): 195 [mid Oct. 1856] (Candolle 1856). — Myristica cordifolia Mart. ex A.DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14 (1): 195 [mid Oct. 1856] (Candolle 1856), nom. nud. pro syn.

Myristica sebifera var. curvinervia A.DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14 (1): 195 [mid Oct. 1856] (Candolle 1856). — Virola sebifera var. curvinervia (A.DC.) Warb., Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat . Cur. 68: 174 (Warburg 1897).

Myristica panamensis Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3 (14): 67 [ Oct. 1882] (Hemsley 1882). — Palala panamensis (Hemsl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 567 [ 5 Nov. 1891] (Kuntze 1891), nom. inval. (genus name illegitimate). — Virola panamensis (Hemsl.) Warb. , Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat . Cur. 68: 185 (Warburg 1897).

Myristica fulva Rich. ex Warb. , Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol.

German. Nat . Cur. 68: 169 (Warburg 1897), nom. nud. pro syn.

Virola venezuelensis Warb. , Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat . Cur. 68: 182 (Warburg 1897).

Virola boliviensis Warb. , Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German.

Nat . Cur. 68: 184 (Warburg 1897).

Virola peruviana (A.DC.) Warb.var. tomentosa Warb. , Nova Acta Acad.

Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat . Cur. 68: 189 (Warburg 1897).

Virola mycetis Pulle, Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 4: 125 (Pulle 1907),

pro parte inflorescentia exclusa.

Virola warburgii Pittier, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18 (4): 143 [3 Mar.

1916] (Pittier 1937).

NOTE. — Hyperdominant in Amazonia ( ter Steege et al. 2020) .

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Pa: wahusi-purubumna • Ka: virola ( fide Aublet 1775), walolo, waluši ityudano, walušilan • Te: waletsi lawöt • Wp: suwilanɨ wu, walime • Nt: kawee babun udu, kawee mulunba • Cr: bwa-chandèl, djadjamadou • Fr: bois chandelle • Br: ucuúba-vermelha.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 44 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: J.B. Aublet s.n. (original material BM [BM000993836, BM000993837]).

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 17 trees in 15 plots; Fmax <1 %; dbhinv = 40.2 cm.