Apocynaceae
Strophanthus

Strophanthus caudatus (L.) Kurz

First published in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 257 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. India to China (S. Guangxi)and New Guinea. It is a climbing shrub or liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Taiwan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Middleton, J.D. (ed.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 13: 1-654. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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?
Jan 1, 2017 Wong [FRI 32099], Malaya K001273096 No
Jan 1, 2017 Kochummen [FRI 18406], Malaya K001273097 No
Dec 12, 2005 John, B.S. [SAN 145655], Malaysia K000229398 No
Jan 1, 1981 Lete, R. [s.n.], Philippines K000857770 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Griffith, W. [s.n.], Peninsular Malaysia K000857787 holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Griffith [s.n.], Peninsular Malaysia K000857788 isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Horsfield, T. [s.n.], Jawa K000857777 isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Zollinger, H. [1637], Jawa K000857773 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Balansa, B. [2127], Vietnam K000857781 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Wight [s.n.], Peninsular Malaysia K000857792 holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Lete, R. [263], Philippines K000857769 holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Horsfield, T. [s.n.], Jawa K000857776 isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Merrill, E.D. [695], Philippines K000857768 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Griffith, W. [s.n.], Peninsular Malaysia K000857789 isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Griffth, W. [s.n.], Peninsular Malaysia K000857790 isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Horsfield, T. [s.n.], Jawa K000857775 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Griffith [s.n.], Peninsular Malaysia K000857791 holotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000857774 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 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