Apocynaceae
Alstonia

Alstonia macrophylla Wall. ex G.Don

First published in Gen. Hist. 4: 78 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China (S. Yunnan, S. Guangdong) to Tropical Asia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, India

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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. (2014). Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viêt-Nam 33: 1-276. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Middleton, J.D. (ed.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 13: 1-654. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • 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.
  • Rodda, M. & Middleton, D.J. (2019). Flora of Singapore precursors, 14. Notes on Apocynaceae. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 71: 69-80.
  • Vikraman, R.R., Pandurangan, A.G. & Thulasidas, G. (2008). A study on the garden escaped exotics of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 765-781.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Vikraman, R.R., Pandurangan, A.G. & Thulasidas, G. (2008). A study on the garden escaped exotics of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 765-781.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2018 Maidum Lais [240], Sabah K001325025 No
Jan 1, 2009 Jones [242], Sabah K000463995 No
Dec 12, 2005 Ingle, N. R. [395], Philippines K000229404 No
Jul 16, 2004 Romero [PPI 29616], Philippines K000227664 No
Jul 16, 2004 Garcia, H.G. et al. [PPI 15106], Philippines K000227667 No
Jul 16, 2004 Reynoso, Gaerlan et al. [PPI 21542], Philippines K000227763 No
Jul 16, 2004 Stone, Reynoso et al. [PPI 224], Philippines K000227786 No
Jul 16, 2004 Reynoso, Gaerlan et al. [PPI 21552], Philippines K000227770 No
Jul 16, 2004 Reynoso [PPI 24562], Philippines K000227788 No
Jan 1, 1996 Wallich, N. [1649], Peninsular Malaysia K000857315 isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Curran, H.M. [4495], Philippines K000857302 lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1996 s.coll. [1649], Peninsular Malaysia K000857314 isotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1648] K001113714 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1648] K001113713 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images