Wrightia pubescens R.Br.

First published in Asclepiadeae: 59 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. China, Indo-China to N. Australia. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Classification

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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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2018 Karaket, P., et al. [9] Thailand K001325002 No
Jan 1, 2011 Du, N.V.; Rattana CB-VN [255] Cambodia K000733082 No
Jan 1, 2005 Romero, E.; Chavez, R. [PPI 29153] Philippines K000227762 No
Jan 1, 2005 Reynoso, Sagcal,, Fuentes [PPI 17222] Philippines K000227747 No
Jan 1, 1999 Poilane, E. [23391] Vietnam K000224344 No
Reeves, J. [s.n.] China K000857668 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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

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