Wrightia arborea

Wrightia arborea

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: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Wrightieae
Genus: Wrightia
Species: Wrightia arborea

Name

Wrightia arborea (Dennst.) Mabb., Taxon. 26: 533 (1977).

Synonyms

• Basionym
• Periploca arborea Dennst., Schlüssel Hortus Malab. 13, 23, 25 (1818).

• Heterotypic
• Hunteria eugeniaefolia Wall., List (Wallich) n. 1615, nom. inval.
• Hunteria eugeniaefolia Wall. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4. 105 (1837).
• Nerium coraea Buch.-Ham. ex A.DC., Prodr. (de Candolle) 8: 407, 421 (1844).
• Nerium tomentosum Roxb., Orient. Repert. 1: 39 (1791).
• Wrightia coalita Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn, Rev. Hortus Malab.: 40 (1839).
• Wrightia coalita Buch.-Ham. ex Pritz., Icon. Bot. Index [Pritzel] 1. 1175. 1854.
• Wrightia coraia Wall., Numer. List (Wallich) n. 1615, nom. inval.
• Wrightia coraia (Wall.) Wall. ex A. DC., Prodr. 8: 407 (1844).
• Wrightia hamiltoniana Wall., Numer. List (Wallich) n. 4461, nom. inval.
• Wrightia mollissima Wall., Numer. List (Wallich) n. 1627, nom. inval.
• Wrightia mollissima Wall., Plant. Asiat. Rar. 2: 39 (1831).
• Wrightia pubescens Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 120 (1821). nom. illeg. non R. Br. (1810).
• Wrightia rheedei (Roem. & Schult.) Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3: 1060 (1834).
• Wrightia tomentosa (Roxb.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis (Roemer & Schultes) 4: 414 (1819).
• Wrightia tomentosa subsp. pauciflora Ngan, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52: 149 (1965).
• Wrightia wallichii A.DC., Prodr. (de Candolle) 8: 405 (1844).
• Echites vestitus Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 394 (1819).
• Echites tomentosus Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 137 (1821), nom. illeg.
• Chonemorpha vestita G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 76 (1837).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan), Java, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Andaman Isl. (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.), Myanmar [Burma] (Ayeyarwady, Bago, Mandalay, Yangon), Bhutan, India (throughout tropical India), Sikkim, Nepal, Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu, Kashmir), Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Mabberley, D.J. 1977. Taxon 26: 533.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Wrightia arborea. 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 Sep 26. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Wrightia arborea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Wrightia arborea. Published online. Accessed: Sep 26 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Wrightia arborea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 26.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Wrightia arborea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Sep 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Wrightia arborea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
• Flora of China (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA (2009) Aug 24 [1].

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