Biology:Willughbeia
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Short description: Genus of plants
| Willughbeia | |
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| Willughbeia coriacea[2] | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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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]
- formerly included[3]
References
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ illustration circa 1880 from Köhler's Medizinal Pflanzen
- ↑ 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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