Apocynaceae

Holarrhena R.Br.

First published in Asclepiadeae: 51 (1810)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Indian Subcontinent to Peninsula Malaysia.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, Congo, East Himalaya, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

China Southeast, Hainan, Mauritius, Taiwan

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Pichon in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, n. sér., B, 1: 157 (1951).
  • —F.T.A. 4, 1: 161

Flora Zambesiaca

  • De Kruif in Meded. Landb. Wag. 81–2: 4 (1981).
  • in Mem. Wern. Soc. 1: 62 (1811).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • de Kruif in Meded. Landbouwhogeschool 81 (2): 4–36 (1981)
  • in Mem. Wern. Soc. 1: 62 (1811)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Finlayson, G. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132392 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0