Alstonia congensis

Alstonia congensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Alstonieae
Genus: Alstonia
Species: Alstonia congensis

Name

Alstonia congensis Engl., 1887

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Alstonia gilletii De Wild., Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 537 (1907).
  • Alstonia pedicellata Pierre ex A.Chev., Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 9: 273 (1917), not validly publ.
  • Alstonia congensis var. glabrata Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 42 (1931).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional:Africa Tropical Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Angola (Cabinda), Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, D.R. Congo (Zaire) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Engler, H.G.A., 1887. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig 8:64.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Alstonia congensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Alstonia congensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Alstonia congensis. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 15 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Alstonia congensis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 15.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Alstonia congensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Oct. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Alstonia congensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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