Acokanthera oppositifolia

Acokanthera oppositifolia

Taxonavigation

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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: Acokanthera
Species: Acokanthera oppositifolia

Name

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Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd, 1961.

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Cestrum oppositifolium Lam., Tabl. Encycl., 2: t. 112. f. 2. n. 1794.
  • Homotypic
    • Carissa oppositifolia (Lam.) Pichon, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 22: 109. 1952.
  • Heterotypic
    • Acokanthera longiflora Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 28. 1922.
    • Acokanthera lamarkii G.Don, Gen. Hist., 4: 485. nom. superfl.
    • Acokanthera rhodesica Merxm., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, 6: 201. 1953.
    • Acokanthera venenata auct., non G.Don.
    • Carissa acokanthera Pichon, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s., 24. 132. 1948.
    • Carissa longiflora (Stapf) G.H.M.Lawr., Baileya 7. 90. 1959.
    • Cestrum venenatum Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 36. 1794, nom. illeg. non Burm. f. (1768).
    • Garcinia sciura Spirlet, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles, 29: 327. 1959.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
      • D.R. Congo (Zaire), Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Botswana

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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Afrikaans: Gewone gifboom
English: Common poison-bush
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