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Dacryodes excelsa

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Scientific Literature
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Internal ID UUID6440159bdc066708123681
Scientific name Dacryodes excelsa
Authority Vahl
First published in Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 6: 116 (1810)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Pistacia occidentalis Baill. Adansonia 11: 175 (1874)
Pachylobus hexandrus Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(4): 243 (1896)
Amyris hexandra Ham. Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. : 24 (1825)
Bursera acuminata Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 1120 (1806)
Dacryodes hexandra Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. : 174 (1859)
Elemifera hexandra (Ham.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 100. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]

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Language Common/alternative name
English candletree
Korean 양초나무

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  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Windward Islands

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000636729
USDA Plants DAEX
Tropicos 4700215
INPN 447568
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:127883-1
The Plant List kew-2755123
Open Tree Of Life 139607
NCBI Taxonomy 289796
IPNI 127883-1
iNaturalist 544044
GBIF 3190455
Freebase /m/03mb046
EOL 583026
USDA GRIN 455860
Wikipedia Dacryodes_excelsa

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
20th‐Century hurricanes leave long‐lasting legacies on tropical forest height and the abundance of a dominant wind‐resistant palm Uriarte M, Tang C, Morton DC, Zimmerman JK, Zheng T Ecol Evol 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10680431
doi:10.1002/ece3.10776
PMID:38020686
The interplay of drought and hurricanes on tree recovery: insights from dynamic and weak functional responses Umaña MN Proc Biol Sci 20-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10509583
doi:10.1098/rspb.2023.1732
PMID:37727090
New genera and species with chloridium-like morphotype in the Chaetosphaeriales and Vermiculariopsiellales Réblová M, Nekvindová J Stud Mycol 15-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10825751
doi:10.3114/sim.2023.106.04
PMID:38298574
The Genus Dacryodes Vahl.: Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities Swana L, Tsakem B, Tembu JV, Teponno RB, Folahan JT, Kalinski JC, Polyzois A, Kamatou G, Sandjo LP, Chamcheu JC, Siwe-Noundou X Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 22-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10223253
doi:10.3390/ph16050775
PMID:37242558
Height and crown allometries and their relationship with functional traits: An example from a subtropical wet forest Yang J, Swenson NG Ecol Evol 14-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9929110
doi:10.1002/ece3.9804
PMID:36818529
Demographic trade-offs and functional shifts in a hurricane-impacted tropical forest Umaña MN, Needham J, Forero-Montaña J, Nytch CJ, Swenson NG, Thompson J, Uriarte M, Zimmerman JK Ann Bot 25-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC10457028
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad004
PMID:36702550
Consolidation of Chloridium: new classification into eight sections with 37 species and reinstatement of the genera Gongromeriza and Psilobotrys Réblová M, Hernández-Restrepo M, Sklenář F, Nekvindová J, Réblová K, Kolařík M Stud Mycol 14-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC10277272
doi:10.3114/sim.2022.103.04
PMID:37342155
A Preconditioning Paradox: Contrasting Effects of Initial Phyllosphere and Early Leaf Decomposer Microfungi on Subsequent Colonization by Leaf Decomposing Non-Unit-Restricted Basidiomycetes Bibbo S, Lodge DJ J Fungi (Basel) 25-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9501227
doi:10.3390/jof8090903
PMID:36135628
Extreme rainstorms drive exceptional organic carbon export from forested humid-tropical rivers in Puerto Rico Clark KE, Stallard RF, Murphy SF, Scholl MA, González G, Plante AF, McDowell WH Nat Commun 19-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9018737
doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29618-5
PMID:35440543
Metagenomic Characterization of Soil Microbial Communities in the Luquillo Experimental Forest (Puerto Rico) and Implications for Nitrogen Cycling Karthikeyan S, Orellana LH, Johnston ER, Hatt JK, Löffler FE, Ayala-del-Río HL, González G, Konstantinidis KT Appl Environ Microbiol 26-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8174771
doi:10.1128/AEM.00546-21
PMID:33837013
Bringing function to structure: Root–soil interactions shaping phosphatase activity throughout a soil profile in Puerto Rico Cabugao KG, Yaffar D, Stenson N, Childs J, Phillips J, Mayes MA, Yang X, Weston DJ, Norby RJ Ecol Evol 19-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7863403
doi:10.1002/ece3.7036
PMID:33598120
Arthropods are not declining but are responsive to disturbance in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico Schowalter TD, Pandey M, Presley SJ, Willig MR, Zimmerman JK Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 11-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7812834
doi:10.1073/pnas.2002556117
PMID:33431569
Lactifluus (Russulaceae) diversity in Central America and the Caribbean: melting pot between realms Delgat L, Courtecuisse R, De Crop E, Hampe F, Hofmann TA, Manz C, Piepenbring M, Roy M, Verbeken A Persoonia 12-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7567962
doi:10.3767/persoonia.2020.44.10
PMID:33116343
Hurricane María tripled stem breaks and doubled tree mortality relative to other major storms Uriarte M, Thompson J, Zimmerman JK Nat Commun 25-Mar-2019
PMCID:PMC6433954
doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09319-2
PMID:30911008
Climate-driven declines in arthropod abundance restructure a rainforest food web Lister BC, Garcia A Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 15-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6217376
doi:10.1073/pnas.1722477115
PMID:30322922

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Bicyclic monoterpenoids
(+-)-alpha-Pinene 6654 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/CT8997500718
(+)-alpha-Pinene 82227 Click to see CC1=CCC2CC1C2(C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/CT8997500718
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Monocyclic monoterpenoids
(3S)-1-methyl-3-prop-1-en-2-ylcyclohexene 101606567 Click to see CC1=CC(CCC1)C(=C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/CT8997500718
Cyclohexene, 1-methyl-3-(1-methylethenyl)- 10354 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/CT8997500718

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