- Family:
- Apocynaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Tabernaemontana Plum. ex L.
Tabernaemontana litoralis Kunth

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- cojón de gato, huevos de perro, jazmín, jazmín de Calamar, jazmín de Malabar
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 900–1500 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Quindío, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Shrub, Small tree.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 900 - 1500 m.; Andes, Valle del Cauca.
- Morphology General Habit
- Arbusto, arbolito
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
Native to:
Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá
Introduced into:
Cuba, Hawaii
- Echites bignoniiflorus Schltdl.
- Odontostigma galeottianum A.Rich.
- Peschiera litoralis (Kunth) Miers
- Stemmadenia bella Miers
- Stemmadenia bignoniiflora (Schltdl.) Miers
- Stemmadenia galeottiana (A.Rich.) Miers
- Stemmadenia greenmanii Woodson
- Stemmadenia insignis Miers
- Stemmadenia litoralis (Kunth) L.Allorge
- Stemmadenia macrophylla Greenm.
- Tabernaemontana laurifolia Schott ex Miers
Tabernaemontana litoralis Kunth appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Mexico | K001342548 | Yes | |||
Mexico | K001492934 | Yes | |||
Mexico | K001492936 | Yes | |||
Mexico | K001492937 | Yes | |||
Mexico | K001492938 | Yes | |||
Mexico | K001492939 | Yes | |||
Mexico | K001492940 | Yes | |||
Mexico | K001492941 | Yes | |||
Mexico | K001492942 | Yes | |||
Mexico | K001492943 | Yes | |||
Mexico | K001492944 | Yes | |||
Mexico | K001492945 | Yes | |||
Mexico | K001492946 | Yes | |||
Mexico | K001492947 | Yes | |||
Jan 1, 1990 | Botteri [884], Mexico | Stemmadenia litoralis | K000587857 | isotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1992 | Tuerckheim, H. von [981], Guatemala | Stemmadenia macrophylla | K000587855 | isotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1990 | Brenes, A.M. [14275], Costa Rica | Stemmadenia macrophylla | K000587852 | isotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1990 | Cooper, G.P. [510], Panama | Stemmadenia macrophylla | K000587866 | isotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1990 | Heyde [4538], Guatemala | Stemmadenia macrophylla | K000587854 | isotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1990 | Brenes, A. [14275], Costa Rica | Stemmadenia macrophylla | K000587853 | isotype | Yes |
Sparrow, M. and P. Brewster [VERA124], Mexico | Stemmadenia galeottiana | K000696108 | No |
First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 228 (1819)
Not accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Stemmadenia grandiflora.]
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
- Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
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