Tabernaemontana citrifolia

Tabernaemontana citrifolia

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 citrifolia

Name

Tabernaemontana citrifolia L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ervatamia citrifolia (L.) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 3A: 206 (2001).
• Heterotypic
  • Tabernaemontana lanceolata Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 268 (1878).
  • Tabernaemontana plumieri E.H.L.Krause, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 344 (1914), not validly publ.
  • Tabernaemontana citrifolia var. lanceolata (Miers) L.Allorge, Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 30: 18 (1985).

Homonyms

• Tabernaemontana citrifolia G.Forst. = Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Lam.
• Tabernaemontana citrifolia Lunan = Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Costa Rica, Trinidad, Tobago Continental: Northern America Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 210. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Tabernaemontana citrifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Tabernaemontana citrifolia. 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. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Tabernaemontana citrifolia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 19 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Tabernaemontana citrifolia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 19.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Tabernaemontana citrifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Oct. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tabernaemontana citrifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: milkwood
español: Palo lechoso

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