Biology:Alstonia costata

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Short description: Species of plant

Alstonia costata
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Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Alstonia
Species:
A. costata
Binomial name
Alstonia costata
(G.Forst.) R.Br.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Alstonia costata Jeann., nom. illeg.
  • J.W.Moore Reinecke
  • Lauterb. Alstonia roeperi
  • Alstonia marquisensis Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
  • Alstonia fragrans M.L.Grant ex Fosberg & Sachet
  • Christoph. Alstonia smithii
  • Alstonia montana Markgr.
  • Alstonia elliptica J.W.Moore
  • Turrill Seem., nom. illeg.
  • Alstonia vitiensis Alstonia plumosa
  • Seem. Echites costatus
  • Alstonia godeffroyi Labill.
  • G.Forst. Alstonia villosa
  • Alstonia setchelliana Alstonia reineckeana

Alstonia costata, synonyms including Alstonia marquisensis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Solomon Islands in Papuasia and to islands in the south Pacific.[1] It was first described by Georg Forster in 1786 as Echites costatus.[2] It grows as a shrub or tree.[1]

Distribution

Alstonia costata is native to the Solomon Islands in Papuasia; the Cook Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Society Islands in the south-central Pacific; and Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, the Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu in the south-western Pacific.[1]

References

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