Alstonia spectabilis

Alstonia spectabilis

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: Alstonieae
Genus: Alstonia
Species: Alstonia spectabilis

Name

Alstonia spectabilis R.Br., 1810

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Alstonia villosa Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1038 (1826).
  • Blaberopus villosa var. petiolata Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 440 (1857).
  • Blaberopus villosus (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 440 (1857).
  • Alstonia ophioxyloides F.Muell., Fragm. 1: 57 (1858).
  • Alstonia linearis Benth., Fl. Austral. 4: 314 (1868).
  • Alstonia longissima F.Muell., Descr. Notes Papuan Pl. 1: 91 (1877).
  • Alstonia villosa var. glabra Koord. & Valeton, Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java 1: 123 (1894).
  • Alstonia somersetensis F.M.Bailey, Queensland Agric. J. 1: 229 (1897).
  • Alstonia villosa f. calvescens Markgr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 61: 178 (1928).
  • Alstonia spectabilis subsp. ophioxyloides (F.Muell.) P.I.Forst., Austral. Syst. Bot. 5: 758 (1992).

Homonyms

• Alstonia spectabilis Kurz = Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Australia Australia (Queensland: Cape York peninsula) Continental: Asie Java, Solomons, Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao), Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Roti, Timor), Moluccas (Tanimbar, Ambon, Kei Isl.), New Guinea (incl. Yapen Isl.), Bismarck Arch. (New Britain) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Brown, R., 1810. On the Asclepiadeae. A Natural Order of Plants Separated from the Apocineae of Jussieu. London 65. 1810 (Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1:76. 1811)
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Alstonia spectabilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Alstonia spectabilis. 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. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Alstonia spectabilis. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 15 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Alstonia spectabilis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 15.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Alstonia spectabilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Oct. 2018.

Vernacular names

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