Biology:Willughbeia

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Short description: Genus of plants

Willughbeia
Willughbeia coriacea - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-282.jpg
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]


formerly included[3]


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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