Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,174 meters (0 to 3,852 feet).Mean = 223.630 meters (733.694 feet), Standard Deviation = 548.450 based on 62 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rutanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Burserales
()
- Baskerville, 1839
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
()
- Lindley, 1830
- Genus:
Operculicarya
()
- Specific epithet:
gummifera
- (Sprague) Capuron
- Botanical name: - Operculicarya gummifera (Sprague) Capuron
- Specific epithet:
gummifera
- (Sprague) Capuron
- Genus:
Operculicarya
(
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
(
- Order:
Burserales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Operculicarya gummifera (Sprague) Capuron
- Poupartia gummifera
Notes
Publishing author : Capuron Publication : in Adansonia, 14(4): 571 (1974 publ. 1975) Basionym author: (Sprague)
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Operculicarya
There are approximately 10 species in this genus:
O. borealis · O. capuronii · O. decaryi (Elephant Tree) · O. gummifera · O. gummifera var. seyrigii · O. hirsutissima · O. hyphaenoides · O. monstruosa · O. multijuga · O. pachypus
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Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 23, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9493697
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14992371
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70149-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 70149-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1183281
