Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Balsam, Balsam of Tolu, Tolu Balsam
Common Names in Sinhalese:
Kata-Kamanchal
Common Names in Swedish:
Balsamträd
Common Names in Tamil:
Sambranee
Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[1]
Biology
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Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Myrospermum toluiferum Dc. • Myroxylum balsamum (L.) Harms • Toluifera balsamum L.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened,
Habit: Tree
, Lifespan: Perennial
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Myroxylon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
M. balsamum (Balsam) · M. balsamum var. balsamum (Balsam of Tolu) · M. balsamum var. pereirae (Balsam of Peru) · M. flexuosum (Brushholly) · M. peruiferum (Quina Colorada)
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Further Reading
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- Botanical Museum leaflets, Harvard University. 20 1962-1964 Cambridge, Mass.: Botanical Museum, Harvard University, 1932- url p. 271, p. 87, plate XLV.
- Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: G.P.O., 1901-1971. url p. 170.
- Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 547.
- Flora Vitiensis nova: a new Flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) / Albert C. Smith. Lawaii, Hawaii: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1979- url p. 150.
- Flora of Costa Rica. .. by Paul C. Standley. .. 18 1938 Chicago, 1937. url p. 1556.
- Flora of Guatemala: families Leguminosae, Geraniaceae, Oxalidaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Linaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Rutaceae, Simaroubaceae, Burseraceae, Meliaceae, and Malpighiaceae / by Paul C. Standley and Julian A. Steyermark. 24 1946 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1946. url p. 307.
- Frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactylidae) in western Ecuador: systematics, ecology, and biogeography / John D. Lynch, William E. Duellman. Lawrence, Kan.: Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, c1997. url p. 15.
- International catalogue of scientific literature. London: Published for the International Council by the Royal Society of London, 1902-1919. url p. 421.
- Journal of ethnobiology. 6 1986 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 302, p. 34.
- The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas IUCN url p. 167, p. 329.
- The conservation and sustainable use of the crop genetic resources of Central America. A Darwin initiative funded project. Report on phase 1 WCMC url p. 23, p. 38.
- The forests and flora of British Honduras / by Paul C. Standley and Samuel J. Record; in cooperation with the Conservator of Forests and the Agricultural Officer of the Colony. 12 1936 Chicago: [Field Museum of Natural History], 1936. url p. 188.
- Woods of northeastern Peru, by Llewelyn Williams. 15 1936 Chicago, 1936. url p. 216, p. 22, p. 546, p. 57, p. 59.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 24, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 27, 2008:
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
- , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2670753
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-4870
- GRIN Nomen Number: 24873
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506803
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: MYBA3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 51076
Footnotes
- Mean = 787.490 meters (2,583.629 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,274.130 based on 352 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
