Biology:Willughbeia

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Willughbeia
Willughbeia coriacea[2]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Willughbeieae
Subtribe: Willughbeiinae
A.DC. in DC. & A.DC.
Genus: Willughbeia
Roxb.[1]
Type species
Willughbeia edulis
Roxb.[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Ancylocladus Wall.
  • Urnularia Stapf
  • Willughbeiopsis Rauschert

Willughbeia is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1820. It is native to Southeast Asia with a few species in the Indian Subcontinent.[3] Several species have edible fruits enjoyed in many countries. Many species are vines with sticky latex.

Species[3]
  1. Willughbeia angustifolia  (Miq.) Markgr. - Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
  2. Willughbeia anomala  Markgr. - Borneo, Mindanao
  3. Willughbeia beccariana  (Kuntze ex Pierre) K.Schum. - Borneo, Sulawesi
  4. Willughbeia cirrhifera  Abeyw. - Sri Lanka
  5. Willughbeia coriacea  Wall. & G.Don - Thailand, Malaysia, W Indonesia
  6. Willughbeia edulis  Roxb. - Assam, Bangladesh, Indochina, Nicobar Islands, W Malaysia
  7. Willughbeia elmerii - Jatak
  8. Willughbeia flavescens  Dyer ex Hook.f. - Borneo, W Malaysia, Sumatra
  9. Willughbeia gigantea  (Boerl.) Markgr. - Sumatera, Borneo
  10. Willughbeia grandiflora  Dyer ex Hook.f. - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo
  11. Willughbeia javanica  Blume - Java
  12. Willughbeia kontumensis  Lý - Vietnam
  13. Willughbeia lanceolata  (Markgr.) Mabb. - Borneo
  14. Willughbeia lunduensis  Mabb. - Sarawak
  15. Willughbeia oblonga  Dyer ex Hook.f. - W Malaysia
  16. Willughbeia ovatifolia  (Stapf) Merr. - Sarawak
  17. Willughbeia sarawacensis  (Pierre) K.Schum. - Borneo, Palawan
  18. Willughbeia tenuiflora  Dyer ex Hook.f. - Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra
formerly included[3]
  1. Willughbeia acida, syn of Ambelania acida
  2. Willughbeia borneensis, syn of Leuconotis anceps
  3. Willughbeia cordata, syn of Saba comorensis
  4. Willughbeia elliptifolia, syn of Melodinus orientalis
  5. Willughbeia guianensis, syn of Pacouria guianensis
  6. Willughbeia luzoniensis, syn of Melodinus orientalis
  7. Willughbeia novoguineensis, syn of Melodinus australis
  8. Willughbeia pauciflora, syn of Melodinus orientalis
  9. Willughbeia petersiana, syn of Ancylobothrys petersiana
  10. Willughbeia pubescens, syn of Hancornia speciosa
  11. Willughbeia scandens, syn of Pacouria guianensis
  12. Willughbeia senensis, syn of Ancylobothrys petersiana
  13. Willughbeia umbrosa, syn of Melodinus orientalis

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The genus Willughbeia was first described and published in Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 3: 77, t. 280. 1820. The type species is W. edulis "Name - !Willughbeia Roxb.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40026365. Retrieved October 11, 2011. "nom. cons. ; T: Willughbeia edulis Roxb." 
  2. ↑ illustration circa 1880 from Köhler's Medizinal Pflanzen
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=214717. Retrieved May 17, 2014. 

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