Tabernaemontana elegans

Tabernaemontana elegans

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: Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribus: Tabernaemontaninae
Genus: Tabernaemontana
Species: Tabernaemontana elegans

Name

Tabernaemontana elegans Stapf, 1894

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Conopharyngia elegans (Stapf) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 149 (1902).
  • Leptopharyngia elegans (Stapf) Boiteau, Adansonia, n.s., 16: 276 (1976).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal), Swaziland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Stapf, O., 1894. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew. Kew 1894:24. 1894

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Tabernaemontana elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Tabernaemontana elegans. 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. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Tabernaemontana elegans. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 19 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Tabernaemontana elegans in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 19.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Tabernaemontana elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Oct. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tabernaemontana elegans in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Toad Tree

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