Voacanga thouarsii

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Voacanga thouarsii

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: Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribus: Tabernaemontaninae
Genus: Voacanga
Species: Voacanga thouarsii

Name

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Voacanga thouarsii Roem. & Schult., 1819

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Orchipeda thouarsii (Roem. & Schult.) Baron, Rev. Madagascar 16: 249 (1905).
  • Heterotypic'
    • Voacanga dregei E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 189 (1838).
    • Annularia natalensis Hochst., Flora 24: 671 (1841).
    • Cyclostigma natalense (Hochst.) Hochst. in S.L.Endlicher, Gen. Pl., Suppl. 2: 56 (1842).
    • Orchipeda dregei (E.Mey.) DC., Prodr. 8: 358 (1844).
    • Piptolaena dregei (E.Mey.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 358 (1844).
    • Voacanga obtusa K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 149 (1895).
    • Voacanga thouarsii var. dregei (E.Mey.) Pichon, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 19: 415 (1947).
    • Voacanga thouarsii var. obtusa (K.Schum.) Pichon, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 19: 415 (1947).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional:Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), D.R. Congo (Zaire), South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Madagascar

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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English: Wild frangipani
 
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