Carissa macrocarpa

Carissa macrocarpa

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: Carisseae
Genus: Carissa
Species: Carissa macrocarpa

Name

Carissa macrocarpa (Eckl.) A.DC. (1844)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Arduina macrocarpa Eckl., S. African Quart. J. 1: 372. 1830.

• Homotypic
  • Jasminonerium macrocarpum (Eckl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414. 1891.

• Heterotypic
  • Arduina grandiflora E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 190. 1838.
  • Carissa africana A.DC. in DC., Prodr. 8: 332. 1844.
  • Carissa grandiflora (E.Mey.) A.DC. in DC., Prodr. 8: 335. 1844.
  • Carissa praetermissa Kupicha, Kew Bull. 36: 47. 1981.
  • Jasminonerium africanum (A.DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414. 1891.
  • Jasminonerium grandiflorum (E.Mey.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414. 1891, nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa D.R. Congo (Zaire), Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Candolle, A.L.P.P. de in De Candolle, A.P. (1844) Prodr. 8: 336.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Carissa macrocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Carissa macrocarpa. 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. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Carissa macrocarpa. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 16 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Carissa macrocarpa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 16.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Carissa macrocarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Oct. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carissa macrocarpa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Big num-num
suomi: Kapmaanluumu

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