Apocynaceae
Alyxia

Alyxia spicata R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 470 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Lesser Sunda Islands, S. New Guinea to N. Australia. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Lesser Sunda Is., New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1999 Mueller, F.J.H.von [s.n.], Western Australia K000894092 lectotype Yes
Brown, R. [2857], Australia K000894095 Yes
Cunningham, A. [s.n.] K000894159 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000894164 Yes
Schultz, F. [808], Australia K000894097 Yes
Hann, W. [212], Australia K000894161 Yes
Mueller, F.J.H.von [s.n.], Western Australia K000894093 Yes
Hill, W. [251], Queensland K000894162 Yes
Brown, R. [2857], Australia K000894094 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000894160 Yes
Cunningham, A. [35], Australia K000894163 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Australia K000894096 Yes
Moseley, H.N. [s.n.], Australia K000894158 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • 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 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 2023. 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