Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br.
Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia
Introduced into:
Caroline Is., Hainan, Trinidad-Tobago
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Echites scholaris L. in Mant. Pl. 1: 55 (1767)
- Nerium septaparna Jones in Asiat. Res. 4: 272 (1795), nom. superfl.
- Pala scholaris (L.) Roberty in Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 15: 1426 (1953)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Alstonia kurzii Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 3: 643 (1882)
- Alstonia scholaris var. avae A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 409 (1844)
- Alstonia scholaris var. blumei A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 409 (1844)
- Alstonia scholaris var. velutina Monach. in Pacific Sci. 3: 150 (1949)
- Alstonia spectabilis Kurz in Forest Fl. Burma 2: 183 (1877), nom. illeg.
- Echites pala Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng. in Syst. Veg., 1: 633 (1824)
- Aeschynomene laevis Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 6 (1790), nom. nud.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
- Middleton, D.J. (2011). Flora of peninsular Malaysia, II, 2: 1-235. Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia.
- Middleton, D.J. (2014). Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viêt-Nam 33: 1-276. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- National Parks Board Singapore (2006). Vascular Plant Life Checklist Pulau Ubin www.nparks.gov.sg/nparks_cms/cms/cmsmgr/data/6/PlantChkList.xls.
- Takeuchi, W. (2005). Floristic notes from a holocene successional environment in Papuasia. Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 95-116.
- Wiriadinata, H., Girmansyah, D., Hunter, J.M., Hoover, W.S. & Kartawinata, K. (2013). Floristic study of West Sumbawa, Indonesia. Reinwardtia 13: 391-404.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ananda Rao, T. & Ellis, J.L. (1995). Flora of Lakshadweep islands off the Malabar coast, peninsular India, with emphasis on phytogeographical distribution of plants. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 19: 235-250.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- GBIF (2008- continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
- Herrera, K., Lorence, D.H., Flynn, T. & Balick, M.J. (2010). Checklist of the Vascular plants of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia with local names and uses. Allertonia 10: 1-204.
- Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Aug 1, 2011 | Du, N.V. et al. [HNK 3078], Vietnam | K000733066 | No | ||
Jul 16, 2004 | Castro, Barbon, Garcia [PPI 22304], Philippines | K000227724 | No | ||
Jul 16, 2004 | Reynoso, Sagcal, Fernando [PPI 21255], Philippines | K000227695 | No | ||
Jul 16, 2004 | Fuentes, de la Rosa [PPI 38749], Philippines | K000227787 | No | ||
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 1644] | K001113690 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1644] | K001113694 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1644], India | K001113696 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1644] | K001113697 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1644], India | K001113698 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1644] | K001113693 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1644] | K001113699 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1644], Singapore | K001113695 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1644], Myanmar | K001113691 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1644] | K001113700 | Yes | |||
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 1644], Myanmar | K001113692 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1644], Nepal | K001113689 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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
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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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images