Tabernaemontana ventricosa

Tabernaemontana ventricosa

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: Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribus: Tabernaemontaninae
Genus: Tabernaemontana
Species: Tabernaemontana ventricosa

Name

Tabernaemontana ventricosa Hochst. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 366 (1844).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Conopharyngia ventricosa (Hochst. ex A.DC.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 149 (1902).
  • Sarcopharyngia ventricosa (Hochst. ex A.DC.) Boiteau, Adansonia, n.s., 16: 272 (1976).
• Heterotypic
  • Tabernaemontana usambarensis K.Schum. ex Engl., Abh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Cl. 1894: 36 (1895).
  • Conopharyngia usambarensis (K.Schum. ex Engl.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 148 (1902).
  • Conopharyngia rutshuruensis De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 1: 399 (1922).
  • Domkeocarpa pendula Markgr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 421 (1941).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Nigeria, Burundi, Cameroon, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, 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 (ed.) 1844. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 8, Sistens Corolliflorarum Ordines XIII. 684 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Tabernaemontana ventricosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 20. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Tabernaemontana ventricosa. 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. 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Tabernaemontana ventricosa. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 20 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Tabernaemontana ventricosa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 20.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Tabernaemontana ventricosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Oct. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Forest Toad Tree

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