Apocynaceae

Holarrhena R.Br.

First published in Asclepiadeae: 51 (1810)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Indian Subcontinent to Peninsula Malaysia.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, Congo, East Himalaya, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

China Southeast, Hainan, Mauritius, Taiwan

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Pichon in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, n. sér., B, 1: 157 (1951).
  • —F.T.A. 4, 1: 161

Flora Zambesiaca

  • De Kruif in Meded. Landb. Wag. 81–2: 4 (1981).
  • in Mem. Wern. Soc. 1: 62 (1811).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • de Kruif in Meded. Landbouwhogeschool 81 (2): 4–36 (1981)
  • in Mem. Wern. Soc. 1: 62 (1811)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1673] Burma K001113795 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1673] Nepal K001113789 Unknown Type Material Yes
Peter, A. [58154] Tanzania K001604014 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1673] India K001113787 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kamrup [Cat. no. 1673] India K001113792 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1673] K001113798 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1673] India K001113791 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1673] Nepal K001113788 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1673] Burma K001113793 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1673] Burma K001113794 Unknown Type Material Yes
Finlayson, G. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132392 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1673] Nepal K001113790 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 1673] Burma K001113796 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1673] India K001113786 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1673] K001113797 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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