Biology:Thevetia ahouai
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Short description: Species of plant
Thevetia ahouai | |
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Flower | |
Fruit are poisonous[1] | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Thevetia |
Species: | T. ahouai
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Binomial name | |
Thevetia ahouai | |
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Thevetia ahouai is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela, and introduced to southeastern China.[3] An evergreen shrub or small tree of forests reaching 3 m (10 ft), it is used as a street tree in Nicaragua and Colombia.[4][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "阔叶竹桃 kuo ye zhu tao". efloras.org. 2022. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018472.
- ↑ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. (2019). "Thevetia ahouai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T146786564A146786566. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T146786564A146786566.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/146786564/146786566. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Thevetia ahouai (L.) Vahl" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/82440-1.
- ↑ Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169.
Wikidata ☰ Q15225215 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thevetia ahouai.
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