Biology:Wrightia religiosa
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Short description: Species of tree
| Wrightia religiosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Wrightia |
| Species: | W. religiosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Wrightia religiosa (Teijsm. & Binn.) Hook. f., 1882
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Wrightia religiosa[2] is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae. Its distribution includes: China (Guangdong), Indochina and Malaysia including the Philippines ; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[3]
This species is commonly a bonsai plant, used in pagodas of Indo-China and elsewhere. In Viet Nam, it may be called: Mai chiếu thủy, mai chấn thủy, mai trúc thủy, or lòng mức miên; in English, it has sometimes been translated as water jasmine. It produces small, pendulous white flowers that have a fragrance similar to true jasmine.[citation needed]
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References
- ↑ "Wrightia religiosa (Teijsm. & Binn.) Benth. ex Kurz — The Plant List". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-214942. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ↑ Hook. f. (1882) In: Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 653
- ↑ Roskov Y.; Kunze T. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.". in Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/16635272. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10789994 entry
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