Taxon:
Cantua buxifolia Lam.
Summary
Place of publication:
Encycl. 1:603. 1785
Verified:
09/16/1998
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936-. Flora of Peru Note: 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
- Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 58-59.
- 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
magic-flower – magic-flower-of-the-Incas – magictree – sacred-flower-of-the-Incas – Aymara (Peru)
khantuta – Quichua (Peru)
ccantu – Spanish
cantuta – flor del inca – Swedish
inkagull –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | w. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Southern America
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia (w.), Peru
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |