Acokanthera oppositifolia

Acokanthera oppositifolia

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: Carisseae
Genus: Acokanthera
Species: Acokanthera oppositifolia

Name

Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd, 1961.

Synonyms

• 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

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

• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Acokanthera oppositifolia. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2009 August 22.
• Codd, L.E.W. 1961. Bothalia. A Record of Contributions from the National Herbarium, Union of South Africa. Pretoria 7: 448.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acokanthera oppositifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Gewone gifboom
English: Common poison-bush

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