Vernicia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Crotonoideae
Tribus: Aleuritideae
Subtribus: Aleuritinae
Genus: Vernicia
Species: V. cordata – V. fordii – V. montana
Name

Vernicia Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 586 (1790).
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Dryandra Thunb., Nov. Gen. Pl.: 60 (1783).
Elaeococca Comm. ex A.Juss., Euphorb. Gen.: 38 (1824).

References
Primary references

Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus II. Pp. 357–744, [745, err.] Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page. : 586.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Vernicia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Vernicia. Published online. Accessed: Jun 11 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Vernicia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 11. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Vernicia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 11.

Vernacular names
English: Tung

Vernicia is a genus in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1790.[2][3] It is native to China, Japan, India, and Indochina.[1][4][5] The species have often been included within the related genus Aleurites.[6][7]

They are shrubs or trees growing to 20 m tall. The leaves are alternate, broad, and entire to palmately lobed; they may be either deciduous or evergreen. The flowers may be either monoecious or dioecious.[5]

Species[1]

Vernicia cordata (Thunb.) Airy Shaw. - southern Japan, naturalized in Angola and Nepal
Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.) Airy Shaw. - southern China, Myanmar, Vietnam, naturalized in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Taiwan, eastern Himalayas, New South Wales, California, Lesser Antilles, Paraguay, Argentina (tung oil tree)
Vernicia montana Lour. - southern China, Indochina; naturalized in Angola, Japan, Java, eastern Himalayas (mu oil tree)

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Loureiro, João de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis 2: 541, 586–587 in Latin, highly abbreviated
Tropicos Vernicia Lour.
"Vernicia cordata". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 January 2018.
Flora of Thailand: Vernicia
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 266 油桐属 you tong shu Vernicia Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 2: 586. 1790.