Apocynaceae
Tabernaemontana

Tabernaemontana alternifolia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 211 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & S. India. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4450] Tabernaemontana crispa K001039036 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Wallich, N. [1573] Tabernaemontana heyneana K000857335 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Heyne, B. [1573] Tabernaemontana heyneana K000857338 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Wallich, N. [1573] Tabernaemontana heyneana K000857337 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 s.coll. [529] India Tabernaemontana heyneana K000857336 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1573] Tabernaemontana heyneana K001113492 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1573] Tabernaemontana heyneana K001113490 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1573] India Tabernaemontana heyneana K001113491 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1573] Tabernaemontana heyneana K001113489 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images