Apocynaceae
Cosmostigma

Cosmostigma cordatum (Poir.) M.R.Almeida

First published in Fl. Maharashtra 3A: 239 (2001)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to Indo-China. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Jawa

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter G: 1-40325.
  • Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. & al. (eds.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 6: 1-408. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. in Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R. C. (1965). Flora of Java 2: 1-641. N.V.P. Noordhoff, Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Trần, T.B. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 15: 1-482. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Matthew, K.M.; Murugesan, K. [15191] India K001334198 No
Worthington, T.B. [4897] Sri Lanka K000993547 No
Dec 19, 2018 Seimund, E. [s.n.] Malaysia Cosmostigma racemosum K000894968 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1921 Wight, R. [s.n.] India Cosmostigma racemosum K000895035 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8177] Cosmostigma racemosum K001129154 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8177] Bangladesh Cosmostigma racemosum K001129156 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8177] Cosmostigma racemosum K001129155 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

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  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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