Atuna is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1838.Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1838. Sylva telluriana : Mantis. synopt. : new genera and species of trees and shrubs of North America, and other regions of the earth : omitted or mistaken by the botanical authors and compilers, or not properly classified, now reduced by their natural affinities to the proper natural orders and tribes 153-154 description in Latin, commentary in EnglishTropicos, Atuna Raf.Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 320: 1–184. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and various islands of the western Pacific.
Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Atuna cordata Cockburn ex Prance - Sabah Atuna elliptica (Kosterm.) Kosterm. - Fiji Atuna excelsa (Jack) Kosterm. – Thailand to the western Pacific Atuna indica (Bedd.) Kosterm. - Kerala, Tamil Nadu Atuna latifrons (Kosterm.) Prance & F.White - Perak Atuna nannodes (Kosterm.) Kosterm. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo Atuna penangiana (Kosterm.) Kosterm. - Peninsular Malaysia Atuna travancorica (Bedd.) Kosterm. - Kerala
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