Biology:Tabernaemontana alternifolia

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Short description: Species of plant

Tabernaemontana alternifolia
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Leaves and flowers
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Tabernaemontana
Species:
T. alternifolia
Binomial name
Tabernaemontana alternifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Ervatamia alternifolia (L.) S.M.Almeida
  • Ervatamia heyneana (Wall.) T.Cooke
  • Pagiantha crispa (Roxb.) Markgr.
  • Pagiantha heyneana (Wall.) Markgr.
  • Tabernaemontana crispa Roxb.
  • Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall.
  • Tabernaemontana intercedens Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
  • Tabernaemontana oblonga Wall.

Tabernaemontana alternifolia is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. 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]

References

  1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-200557. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 
  3. Brummitt, R.K. (2000). "Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 49". Taxon 49 (2): 261–278. doi:10.2307/1223840. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15378572 entry