Knema lenta

Knema lenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Myristicaceae
Genus:	Knema
Species:	K. lenta
Binomial name
	Knema lenta; Warb.
Synonyms
	Knema angustifolia Warb.; Knema cinerea var. glauca (Bl.) Y.H. Li; Knema glauca (Blume) Peterm.; Knema lenta Pierre; Knema lenta Pierre ex Warb.; Knema palembanica Warb.; Myristica angustifolia Roxb.; Myristica caesia Zipp.; Myristica caesia Zipp. ex Span.; Myristica glauca Bl.; Myristica lenta Pierre; Myristica lenta Pierre ex Lecomte; Myristica lenta Pierre ex Warb.; Myristica palembanica Miq.; Palala palembanica (Miq.) Kuntze;

Knema lenta^[1]^[2] is a small tree species in the genus Knema, of the family Myristicaceae. It may be a synonym of Knema glauca (Bl.) Warb.^[3] and is called: 狭叶红光树 xia ye hong guang shu in Chinese and máu chó thấu kính in Vietnamese.

Description edit

The tree grows up to 20 m (66 ft) tall, in tropical forest areas up to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) in elevation, in Bangladesh, China (Yunnan), India (including Andaman Islands), Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.^[4]

References edit

^ Warburg, O (1897) Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 68: 584.
^ The plant list (retrieved 19 January 2018)
^ GBIF: Knema glauca (retrieved 19 January 2018)
^ Flora of China: Knema lenta

[1] Warburg, O (1897) Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 68: 584.

[2] The plant list (retrieved 19 January 2018)

[3] GBIF: Knema glauca (retrieved 19 January 2018)

[4] Flora of China: Knema lenta

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