- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:664107-1
- Publication
- Species Plantarum
- Collation
- 2: 1189
- Date of Publication
- 1 May 1753
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Arecaceae
Type Information
- Locality
- Habitat in India.
- Bibliographic Type Information
- Published illustration
- Chosen By
- H.E.Moore & J.Dransf. Taxon 28: 67, fig. 7. 1979
- Type Published in
- Published illustration
- Type Specimen Note
- Lectotype: Pinanga in Rumphius, Herb. Amboin., 1: 26, t. 4, 1741
Original Data
- Remarks
- Ind. or.; Malaya
Nomenclatural Notes
(as cathecu)
Remarks
Linnaeus (Syst. Veg., ed. 14: 986. 1784) changed the epithet spelling to: catechu.; Willdenow (Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 4(1): 594. 1805) also used the epithet catechu.