Details for: TARS 2676, Microdesmia rigida (Benth.) Sothers & Prance, TARS 2676


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Microdesmia rigida (Benth.) Sothers & Prance
Top Name:
TARS 2676
Origin:
Donated – District of Columbia, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Jan 1935
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Microdesmia rigida (Benth.) Sothers & Prance
Top Name:
TARS 2676
Origin:
Donated – District of Columbia, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Jan 1935
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Donated
28 March 1935.
District of Columbia, United States

Donor(s):
28 April 1936.
District of Columbia, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
TARS 2676
Type: Site identifier
Group: MISC.TARS

PI 108015
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
"A large tropical tree of Brazilian forests with rigid leathery oblong leaves, 3 to 5 inches long, and shining green above. The greenish, ovoid-cylindrical fruits, about 2 inches long, yield an oil known as oiticica oil that is used in the paint and varnish industry" -- BPI Inventories No. 122.
Microdesmia rigida (Benth.) Sothers & Prance
Genus:
Microdesmia
Nomen number:

505899
Place of publication:

Kew Bull. 71:58, page 13. 2016
Verified:
10/07/2022 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Licania rigida Benth.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Portugueseoiticica as Licania rigida2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Licania rigida
Portuguese (Brazil)oiti as Licania rigida2Queiroga, V. P. et al. 2018. Licania rigida. Oiticica. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 1045-1055. Note: one of the most important species for lipids used in industry
Portuguese (Brazil)oiticica-verdadeira as Licania rigida2Queiroga, V. P. et al. 2018. Licania rigida. Oiticica. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 1045-1055. Note: one of the most important species for lipids used in industry
Swedishoiticikaträd as Licania rigida2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) Note: as Licania rigida
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 07 Oct 2022, from Licania rigida Benth. to Microdesmia rigida (Benth.) Sothers & Prance
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