Dischidia major

Dischidia major

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: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Marsdenieae
Genus: Dischidia
Species: Dischidia major

Name

Dischidia major (Vahl) Merr., 1917: 437

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Collyris major Vahl, Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk. 6: 110 (1810).
• Heterotypic
  • Dischidia clavata Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 36 (1831).
  • Dischidia rafflesiana Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 35 (1831).
  • Dischidia timorensis Decne., Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 377 (1834).
  • Dischidia viridescens Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 49 (1854).
  • Dischidia merguiensis Becc., Malesia 2: 266 (1886).
  • Dischidia bauerlenii Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 92: 7 (1908).
  • Dischidia pubiflora Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 11 (1916).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asie peninsular Malaysia, NE-India, Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Isl. (Timor), Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland: Cape York peninsula), Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Merrill, E.D. 1917. An Interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium Amboinense. 595 pp., Manila, Bureau of Printing. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Dischidia major in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Dischidia major. 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. 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Dischidia major. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 08 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Dischidia major in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 08.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Dischidia major. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Oct. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dischidia major in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

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