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
- Echites caudatus L. in Mant. Pl. 1: 52 (1767)
- Nerium caudatum (L.) Lam. in Encycl. 3: 458 (1792)
- Strophanthus dichotomus DC. in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 3: 123 (1802), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Apocynum floristratum Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 5 (1790), nom. nud.
- Nerium scandens Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 116 (1790)
- Strophanthus caudatus var. billardierei Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, 5: 265 (1893)
- Strophanthus caudatus var. giganteus Pit. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1200 (1933)
- Strophanthus caudatus var. javensis Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, 5: 264 (1893)
- Strophanthus caudatus var. lanceolatus Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, 5: 266 (1893)
- Strophanthus caudatus var. macrophyllus Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, 5: 264 (1893)
- Strophanthus caudatus f. marckii (A.DC.) Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, 5: 265 (1893)
- Strophanthus caudatus f. undulatus Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, 5: 265 (1893)
- Strophanthus cumingii A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 418 (1844)
- Strophanthus dichotomus var. cochinchinensis Ker Gawl. in Bot. Reg. 6: t. 469 (1820)
- Strophanthus dichotomus var. loureiroi A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 417 (1844)
- Strophanthus dichotomus var. luzoniensis S.Vidal in Sin. Gen. Pl. Leños. Filip.: 1181 (1883)
- Strophanthus dichotomus var. marckii A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 417 (1844)
- Strophanthus erectus Merr. in Philipp. J. Sci., C 3: 261 (1908)
- Strophanthus giganteus Pierre in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 52: 491 (1905), nom. superfl.
- Strophanthus griffithii Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1300 (1848)
- Strophanthus horsfieldianus Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 442 (1857)
- Strophanthus letei Merr. in Philipp. J. Sci. 29: 484 (1926)
- Strophanthus longicaudatus Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1299 (1848)
- Strophanthus macrophyllus (Franch.) Pierre in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 52: 491 (1905)
- Strophanthus pierrei F.Heim in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1151 (1894)
- Strophanthus scandens (Lour.) Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg. 4: 412 (1819)
- Strophanthus terminalis Blume in Catalogus: 56 (1823)
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? |
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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
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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
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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