Tabernaemontana alternifolia
Tabernaemontana alternifolia | |
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Leaves and flowers | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Tabernaemontana |
Species: | T. alternifolia |
Binomial name | |
Tabernaemontana alternifolia L. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Tabernaemontana alternifolia is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family. It is endemic to India.
Taxonomy
The name Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. has often been used for this species, and a proposal was made to conserve that name so that it would be used instead of T. alternifolia.[2] Arguments made for conservation were that the type of the species was not a specimen but an illustration, and that the plant has opposite leaves, not alternate leaves as alternifolia implies.[2] However, the proposal was rejected, and the correct name of this species is the original name, T. alternifolia.[3]
- Unripe fruit
- Ripe fruit
References
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- 1 2 Middleton, D.; Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1998). "(1355) Proposal to conserve the name Tabernaemontana heyneana (Apocynaceae)". Taxon. 47 (2): 481–482. doi:10.2307/1223795. JSTOR 1223795.
- ↑ Brummitt, R.K. (2000). "Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 49". Taxon. 49 (2): 261–278. doi:10.2307/1223840. JSTOR 1223840.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Tabernaemontana heyneana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
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