Tabernaemontana citrifolia

Tabernaemontana citrifolia

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: Tabernaemontana
Species: Tabernaemontana citrifolia

Name

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Tabernaemontana citrifolia L., 1753

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Ervatamia citrifolia (L.) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 3A: 206 (2001).
  • Heterotypic
    • Tabernaemontana lanceolata Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 268 (1878).
    • Tabernaemontana plumieri E.H.L.Krause, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 344 (1914), not validly publ.
    • Tabernaemontana citrifolia var. lanceolata (Miers) L.Allorge, Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 30: 18 (1985).

Homonyms

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Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Costa Rica, Trinidad, Tobago
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)

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: milkwood
español: Palo lechoso
 
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