Voacanga thouarsii

Voacanga thouarsii

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: Voacanga
Species: Voacanga thouarsii

Name

Voacanga thouarsii Roem. & Schult., 1819

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Orchipeda thouarsii (Roem. & Schult.) Baron, Rev. Madagascar 16: 249 (1905).
• Heterotypic'
  • Voacanga dregei E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 189 (1838).
  • Annularia natalensis Hochst., Flora 24: 671 (1841).
  • Cyclostigma natalense (Hochst.) Hochst. in S.L.Endlicher, Gen. Pl., Suppl. 2: 56 (1842).
  • Orchipeda dregei (E.Mey.) DC., Prodr. 8: 358 (1844).
  • Piptolaena dregei (E.Mey.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 358 (1844).
  • Voacanga obtusa K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 149 (1895).
  • Voacanga thouarsii var. dregei (E.Mey.) Pichon, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 19: 415 (1947).
  • Voacanga thouarsii var. obtusa (K.Schum.) Pichon, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 19: 415 (1947).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional:Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), D.R. Congo (Zaire), South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A., 1819. Syst. Veg. 4:439.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Voacanga thouarsii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Voacanga thouarsii. 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. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Voacanga thouarsii. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 21 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Voacanga thouarsii in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 21.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Voacanga thouarsii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Oct. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Voacanga thouarsii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Wild frangipani

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