Family:
Apocynaceae Juss.
Genus:
Plumeria Tourn. ex L.

Plumeria obtusa L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Florida Keys, Caribbean, SE. Mexico to Guatemala.

[FTEA]

Apocynaceae, E.A. Omino. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2002

Morphology General Habit
A cultivated shrub or tree from the Americas, to 8 m with white flowers.

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Southeast, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is.

Introduced into:

Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Gilbert Is., Hainan, Line Is., Marianas, Marshall Is.

Plumeria obtusa L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wright, C. [2951], Cuba K000587731 Yes
s.coll. [321], Puerto Rico K000587735 Yes
Harris, W. [9309], Jamaica K000587730 Yes
March, [Mr] [1820], Jamaica K000587734 Yes
Wright, C. [2953], Cuba K000587729 Yes
Wright, C., Cuba K000587736 Yes
s.coll. [472], Bahamas K000587728 Yes
Rugel, F. [318], Cuba Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia K000587733 Yes
Wright, C. [2952], Cuba Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia K000587732 Yes

First published in Sp. Pl.: 210 (1753)

Accepted by

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Morales, J.F. (2009). Estudios en las Apocynaceae neotropicales XXXIX: revisión de las Apocynoideae y Rauvolfioideae de Honduras Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 66: 217-262.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Fosberg, F.R. & Sachet, M.-H. (1987). Flora of the Gilbert Island, Kiribati, Checklist Atoll Research Bulletin 295: 1-33.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Wester, L. (1985). Checklist of the vascular plants of the Northern Line Islands Atoll Research Bulletin 287: 1-38.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 54 (1949). .

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