''Cananga'' (ultimately from
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *''kanaŋa'') is a small genus of trees in the family
Annonaceae, native to
Indo-China and
Malesia, but introduced elsewhere.
One of its species, ''
Cananga odorata'', is important as the source of the perfume
ylang-ylang.
Species
Two species are recognized:
* ''
Cananga brandisiana
''Cananga brandisiana'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre, the French botanist who first formally described the species, using the ...
''
(Pierre) Saff.,
syn.
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
''Cananga latifolia''
(Hook.f. & Thomson) Finet & Gagnep.
* ''
Cananga odorata''
(Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson
''Cananga latifolia'' is listed as a separate species in some sources,
but the
basionym
In the scientific name of organisms, basionym or basyonym means the original name on which a new name is based; the author citation of the new name should include the authors of the basionym in parentheses. The term "basionym" is used in both botan ...
, ''Unona latifolia''
Hook.f. & Thomson, is a later
homonym of ''Unona latifolia''
Dunal and so is not an acceptable name. ''Unona brandisiana'' was explicitly proposed as a replacement name.
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References
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Annonaceae
Annonaceae genera
