Taxon: Sextonia rubra (Mez) van der Werff

Genus:

Sextonia

Family:

Lauraceae

Nomen number:

418733

Place of publication:

Novon 7:438. 1997

Name Verified on:

04-Jun-2001 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 04-Jun-2001

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

red louro (Source: Ency WTimber) - English
grignon franc (Source: Ency WTimber) - French
determa (Source: Ency WTimber) - unknown

Economic Importance:

Materials: wood (timber fide Ency WTimber, as Ocotea rubra)

Distributional Range:

Native:

Southern America
- Brazil: Brazil - Amapa, - Maranhao, - Para
- Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad
- Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela - Bolivar

References:

Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 (Ency WTimber)
van der Werff, H. 1997. Sextonia, a new genus of Lauraceae from South America (Novon) 7:436-439.

Synonyms:

(≡) Ocotea rubra Mez

Check other web resources for Sextonia rubra (Mez) van der Werff :

TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.