Cascabela thevetia

Cascabela thevetia

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: Plumerieae
Subtribus: Thevetiinae
Genus: Cascabela
Species: Cascabela thevetia

Name

Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold, Feddes Repert. 91: 52 (1980)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cerbera thevetia L., Sp. Pl.: 209 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Thevetia neriifolia Juss. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 343 (1844).
  • Thevetia thevetia (L.) H.Karst., Deut. Fl.: 1035 (1883), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Cerbera peruviana Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 267 (1805).
  • Cerbera linearifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 490 (1812).
  • Cascabela peruviana (Pers.) Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 162 (1838).
  • Thevetia linearis Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 91 (1838).
  • Thevetia neriifolia var. hirsuta Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 28 (1860).
  • Thevetia neriifolia var. leucantha Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 27 (1860).
  • Thevetia neriifolia var. pubescens Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 27 (1860).
  • Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 159 (1895).
  • Thevetia peruviana f. aurantiaca H.St.John, Phytologia 34: 148 (1976).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Colombia (Antioquia, Bolvar, Choc, Cundinamarca, Nario, Putumayo, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Valle), Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Merida, Monagas, Nueva Esparta), N-Brazil (Roraima, Para, Amazonas, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Paraguay (Amambay, Central, Cordillera), Costa Rica, Peru, Nicaragua, Belize, Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz), Panama Continental: Northern America Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Lippold, H. 1980. Feddes Repertorium 91(1–2): 52.
• Alvarado-Cárdenas, L.O. & Ochoterena, H. 2007. A phylogenetic analysis of the Cascabela–Thevetia species complex (Plumerieae, Apocynaceae) based on morphology. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94(2): 298-323. DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[298:APAOTC]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Alvarado-Cárdenas, L.O., Villaseñor, J.L., López-Mata, L., Cadena, J. & Ortiz, E. 2017. Systematics, distribution and conservation of Cascabela (Apocynaceae: Rauvolfioideae: Plumerieae) in Mexico. Plant Systematics and Evolution 303(3): 337-369. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-016-1375-6 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Cascabela thevetia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Cascabela thevetia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 10 2017.

Vernacular names

অসমীয়া: কৰবী
Deutsch: Schellenbaum
English: Yellow Oleander, Lucky Nut
suomi: Keltaoleanteri
français: Thévétia du Pérou
हिन्दी: कनेर (पीली)
Nederlands: Peruaanse rinkelboom
中文: 黃花夾竹桃

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