Lagerstroemia floribunda Jack

De Wilde, Willem J. J. O. & Duyfjes, Brigitta E. E., 2016, Survey of Lagerstroemia L. (Lythraceae) in Indochina (excl. Thailand) with the description of Lagerstroemia densiflora, sp. nov., a new species from Vietnam, Adansonia 38 (2), pp. 241-255 : 247

6. Lagerstroemia floribunda Jack

Malayan Miscellaneous 1 (5): 38 (1820) . — Gagnep., Flore générale de l’Indo-Chine 2: 953 (1921). — Craib, Florae Siamensis Enumeratio 1: 721 (1931). — Furtado & Srisuko, Garden’s Bulletin Singapore 24: 329, fig. 55-56 (1969). — P.H. Hô, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam 2 (1): 29, fig. 3675 (1992). — S. Gardner et al., A Field Guide to Forest Trees of Northern Thailand: 204: 445 (2000). — W.J. de Wilde et al., Flora of Thailand 11 (4): 563 (2014). — Neotype (designated by Furtado & Srisuko, 1969): Peninsular Malaysia, Penang, King s.n. (holo-, SING[ SING0082712 ]!).

Lagerstroemia anisoptera Koehne, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 4 (4): 407 (1883). — Gagnep., Flore générale de l’Indo-Chine 2: 952 (1921). — Furtado & Srisuko, Garden’s Bulletin Singapore 24:321, fig.51 (1969).— P.H. Hô, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam 2 (1): 29, fig. 3676 (1992). — Type: Vietnam (Pulo Condor), De Lanessan s.n. (holo-, P[ P01901965 ]!). SPOT- CHARACTERS. — Bark light brown, flaking; inflorescences short-hairy rust coloured; calyx tube c. 12-ridged; ovary densely hairy; capsules hairy, especially at apex.

DISTRIBUTION. — Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia.

NOTES

In the treatment of De Wilde et al. (2014: 563), Lagerstroemia floribunda was segregated into three varieties, viz. var. floribunda, var. cuspidata Wall. ex C.B. Clarke (1879: 577) , and var. sublaevis Craib (1931: 722) . Of these only var. floribunda occurs in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Lagerstroemia floribunda is extensively planted in Thailand as an ornamental tree.