Atuna excelsa

Atuna excelsa is a species of flowering plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae, native to Thailand to the western Pacific.

Atuna excelsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Chrysobalanaceae
Genus:	Atuna
Species:	A. excelsa
Binomial name
Atuna excelsa (Jack) Kosterm.
Synonyms
Of the species: Atuna racemosa subsp. excelsa (Jack) Prance , nom. superfl. Cyclandrophora excelsa (Jack) Kosterm. Ferolia jackiana (Benth.) Kuntze Parinari jackiana Benth. Petrocarya excelsa Jack Of subsp. excelsa: Atuna villamilii (Merr.) Kosterm. Cyclandrophora asperula (Miq.) Prance ex Kosterm. Cyclandrophora villamilii (Merr.) Prance ex Kosterm. Ferolia asperula (Miq.) Kuntze Parinari asperula Miq. Parinari maingayi King Parinari spicata King Parinari villamilii Merr. Pasania litoralis (Blume) Oerst. Quercus litoralis Blume Of subsp. racemosa: Atuna elata (King) Kosterm. Atuna racemosa Raf. Atuna scabra (Hassk.) Kosterm. Chrysobalanus racemosus Roxb. Cyclandrophora elata (King) Kosterm. Cyclandrophora glaberrima Hassk. Cyclandrophora laurina (A.Gray) Kosterm. Cyclandrophora scabra (Hassk.) Kosterm. Ferolia glaberrima (Hassk.) Kuntze Ferolia scabra (Hassk.) Kuntze Parinari curranii Merr. Parinari elata King Parinari glaberrima (Hassk.) Hassk. Parinari hahlii Warb. Parinari lanceolata Teijsm. & Binn., nom. nud. Parinari laurina A.Gray Parinari macrophylla Teijsm. & Binn., nom. nud. Parinari margarata A.Gray Parinari mindanaensis Perkins Parinari racemosa Merr., nom. illeg. Parinari scabra var. lanceolata Koord. & Valeton Parinari scabra var. macrophylla Koord. & Valeton Parinari scabra Hassk. Parinari warburgii Perkins ex Merr. Petrocarya glaberrima (Hassk.) Miers Petrocarya scabra (Hassk.) Miers

Taxonomy

Atuna excelsa was first described by William Jack in 1822 as Petrocarya excelsa. The species and its two subspecies have acquired a large number of synonyms.

Subspecies

As of February 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted two subspecies:

• Atuna excelsa subsp. excelsa – Malesia and New Guinea
• Atuna excelsa subsp. racemosa (Raf.) Prance – throughout most of the distribution of the species; introduced to Java

Distribution

Atuna excelsa is native to Thailand, Malesia (Borneo, Java, Peninsular Malaysia, the Maluku Islands, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Sumatra), Papuasia (the Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands) and the western Pacific (the Caroline Islands, Fiji, Samoa, the Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna).