Biology:Alstonia sebusii

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Short description: Species of plant

Alstonia sebusii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Alstonia
Species:
A. sebusii
Binomial name
Alstonia sebusii
(Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.) Monach.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. Tsiang
  • Alstonia sebusii var. szemaoensis Alstonia henryi
  • Monach. Blaberopus sebusii

Alstonia sebusii, synonym Alstonia henryi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the region of Assam, south-central China, the east Himalayas and Myanmar.[1] It was first described in 1871 as Blaberopus sebusii.[2]

Conservation

Alstonia henryi was assessed as "vulnerable" in the 2004 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to Yunnan, China.[3] (As of February 2023), A. henryi was regarded as a synonym of Alstonia sebusii, which has a wider distribution.[1]

References

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