Apocynaceae
Alstonia

Alstonia spectabilis R.Br.

First published in Asclepiadeae: 64 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Malesia to N. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1996 Cunningham, A. [204] Australia K000857287 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Bailey, F.M. [s.n.] Australia K000857289 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Simaga, J.M. [793] Papua New Guinea K001870760 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Horsfield, T. [554] Indonesia K000857304 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Cunningham, A. [204] Australia K000857288 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Cunningham, A. [204] Australia K000857286 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Mueller, F.J.H., von [s.n.] Australia K000857290 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Horsfield, T. [44] Indonesia K000857305 Type Yes
Hoogland, R.D. [4252] Papua New Guinea K000062334 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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