Apocynaceae

Calotropis R.Br.

First published in Asclepiadeae: 28 (1810)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Kuwait, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Cayman Is., Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Marianas, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Panamá, Paraguay, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Wake I., Western Australia, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • R. Br., On the Asclepiadeae: 28 (1810).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by D. Goyder [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Mem. Wern. Soc. 1: 39 (1809)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 20, 1989 Wight, R. [91 B] K000910116 Type Yes
Wight, R. [91 a] Burma K000910115 Type Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7935] Tanzania K:SPC-05286.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [5021] Nigeria K:SPC-23663.000 No
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [249A] Yemen K:SPC-30641.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8217] Burma K001129268 Unknown Type Material Yes
Batt, G. Ethiopia K:SPC-07631.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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