Horsfieldia iryaghedhi (Gaertn.) Warb. (1897:332)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Myristica iryaghedhi Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 196 (1788); Palala iryaghedhi (Gaertn.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 567 (1891); Jryaghedi jryaghedi (Gaertn.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 275 (1898); Horsfieldia odorata Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 872 (1806); Myristica horsfieldia Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 577 (1826); Myristica horsfieldii Blume in Rumphia 1: 192 (1837); Knema odorata (Willd.) Peterm. in Pflanzenreich: 295 (1845); Myristica glomerata Miq. in Pl. Jungh.: 171 (1852); Pyrrhosa horsfieldii Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1857 (1852); Palala glomerata Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 567 (1891)
Conservation Status
Possibly Extinct in the Wild (WCMC, 1998)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
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