Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia

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Description

Genus Tabernaemontana

Shrubs or small trees , latex white. Stems repeatedly dichotomously branched. Leaves opposite; adaxial surface of petiole often with a basal semicircular or semiamplexicaul ocrea. Cymes corymbose or umbellate , at branch forks, many or rarely 1-flowered. Calyx divided halfway down or deeper, with few to many basal glands inside. Corolla salverform , widened at or near middle , lobes sharply overlapping to left [or right ]. Stamens inserted in widened part of corolla tube ; filaments short or almost none; anthers oblong or narrowly triangular, free from pistil head , base sagittate or deeply cordate and not spurred ; disc absent. Ovaries 2, free; ovules numerous . Style filiform ; pistil head with a subglobose or lampshade-shaped basal part and stigmoid, 2-cleft apical part. Follicles 2, divaricate . Seeds with a red or orange fleshy aril; coma absent.

Ninety-nine species: Africa, Asia, North America, Pacific Islands, South America; five species in China."Tabernaemontana". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 152. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 02-Nov-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Tabernaemontana

There are approximately 338 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

T. acapulcensis · T. accedens · T. acuminata · T. acutissima · T. affinis · T. africana · T. alba (White Milkwood) · T. albescens · T. albiflora · T. alfari · T. alternifolia · T. amblyblasta · T. amblyocarpa · T. amplifolia · T. amsonia · T. amygdalaefolia · T. amygdalifolia · T. amygdalifolia var. glaucophylla · T. amygdalifolia var. obtusiloba · T. anamensis · T. angolensis · T. angulata · T. angustifolia · T. anisophylla · T. annamensis · T. antheonycta · T. aphlebia · T. apoda · T. arborea (Wild Orange Jessamine) · T. arcuata · T. attenuata · T. aubletii · T. aurantiaca · T. aurantiaca f. anguinea · T. australiensis · T. australis (Pinwheel Flower) · T. barteri · T. baviensis · T. benthamiana · T. berteroi · T. berteroi var. parviflora · T. biflora · T. bonii · T. borbonica · T. bouquetii · T. bovina · T. brachyantha · T. brachybotrys · T. brachypoda · T. bracteolaris · T. breviflora · T. buchtieni · T. bufalina · T. calcarea · T. calcicola · T. callosa · T. calycina · T. camassi · T. capsicoides · T. capuronii · T. cathariensis · T. catharinensis · T. caudata · T. celastroides · T. celebica · T. ceratocarpa · T. cerea · T. cerifera · T. cerniflora · T. cestroides · T. chartacea · T. chengkiangensis · T. chinensis · T. chippii · T. chocoensis · T. chrysocarpa · T. chrysophylloides · T. ciliata · T. cirspiflora · T. citrifolia (Milkwood) · T. citrifolia var. lanceolata · T. coffeoides · T. collina · T. colombiensis · T. columbiensis · T. concinna · T. congestiflora · T. continentalis · T. contorta · T. cordata · T. coriacea · T. coronaria 'Plena' (Butterfly Gardenia) · T. coronaria (Jacq.) Willd. 'Flore Pleno' · T. corymbosa · T. costaricensis · T. crassa (Adams Apple) · T. crassifolia · T. crispa · T. crispiflora · T. cumata

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 30, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 30, 2007:

• Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU, Herbarium WU

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2653365
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-30225
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13744329
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:81998-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 447152

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