455.0000
Family
Apocynaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 143 (1789), nom. cons.
372 genera, ca. 6500 spp. According to modern authors and PCR Asclepiadaceae is only a subfamily of Apocynaceae.
Species listed in database: 6627; hybrids: 9
= Asclepiadaceae Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 1: 31 (1797), nom. cons.
= Carissaceae Bertol; Nuevo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 23: 212 (1891)
= Cerberaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 119 (1820)
= Cynanchaceae G.Mey.; Chloris Han.: 245, 251 (1836)
= Ophioxylaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg.: 24 (1835)
= Pacouriaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 447 (1820)
= Periplocaceae Schltr.; K. Schum. & C. A. G. Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 351 (1905), nom. cons.
= Plumeriaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 70 (1834)
= Stapeliaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 70 (1834)
= Vincaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot.: 273, 299 (1818)
= Willughbeaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 256 (1858)
455.1801
Genus
Amsonia Walter; Fl. Carol. 98 (1788)
Distribution: China, Japan, North America, 1 Greece and Asia Minor
Species listed in database: 16
species :
Amsonia ciliata
Walter; Fl. Carol. 98 (1788)
Name: Fringed bluestar
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)
77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Amsonia angustifolia (Aiton) Michx.; Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 121 (1803)
= Tabernaemontana angustifolia Aiton; Hort. Kew. 1: 300 (1789)
variant :
var. tenuifolia
(Raf.) Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 15: 400 (1928)
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas)
74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Amsonia angustifolia var. tenuifolia (Raf.) Máthé & J.M.Máthé; Bot. Közlem., 69(1-2): 147 (1982 publ. 1983), without basionym ref.:
= Amsonia ciliata var. filifolia Alph.Wood; Class-book Bot.: 589 (1861)
= Amsonia tenuifolia (Raf.) R.A.Harper; Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 17: 175 (1906)
= Ansonia tenuifolia Raf.; New Fl. 4: 58 (1838)
variant :
var. texana
(A.Gray) J.M.Coult.; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 2: 262 (1892)
Name: Texas bluestar
Distribution: USA (Oklahoma, Texas)
74 USA 77 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Amsonia angustifolia var. texana A.Gray; Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 81 (1878)
= Amsonia tabernaemontana var. texana (A.Gray) A.Gray; Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 81 (1878)
= Amsonia texana (A.Gray) A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 1: 2 (1905)
species :
Amsonia elliptica
(Thunb.) Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg. 4: 432 (1819)
Distribution: China (Anhui, Jiangsu); North Korea; South Korea; Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)
36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NKO
Synonyms: hidden
= Amsonia sinensis Tsiang & P.T.Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11(4): 368-369 (1973)
= Ansonia elliptica (Thunb.) Raf.; New Fl. 4: 58 (1838)
= Tabernaemontana elliptica Thunb.; Syst. Veg. (ed. 14) 255 (1784)
species :
Amsonia fugatei
S.P.McLaughlin; Southwest. Nat. 30(4): 563 (1985)
Name: San Antonio bluestar
Distribution: USA (New Mexico)
77 USA
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Amsonia grandiflora
Alexander; Torreya 34: 116 (1934)
Name: Arizona bluestar
Distribution: USA (Arizona); Mexico (Durango, Sonora)
76 USA 79 MEX
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Amsonia hubrichtii
Woodson; Rhodora 45: 328. (1943)
Name: Hubricht´s bluestar
Distribution: USA (Arkansas, Oklahoma)
74 USA 78 USA
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Amsonia jonesii
Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 15: 414 (1928)
Name: Jones´ bluestar
Distribution: USA (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah)
73 USA 76 USA 77 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Amsonia latifolia M.E.Jones; Contrib. Western Bot. 12: 50 (1908)
species :
Amsonia kearneyana
Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 15: 415 (1928)
Name: Kearney´s bluestar
Distribution: USA (Arizona)
76 USA
species :
Amsonia longiflora
Torr.; Bot. Mex. Bound. 159 (1859)
Name: Tubular bluestar
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
variant :
var. salpignantha
(Woodson) S.P.McLaughlin; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 69(2): 348 (1982 publ. 1983)
Distribution: USA (New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Coahuila)
77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Amsonia salpignantha Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 417 (1929)
species :
Amsonia ludoviciana
Small; Fl. S. E. U. S. 935 (1903)
Name: Louisiana bluestar
Distribution: USA (Georgia, Louisiana, +Mississippi)
78 USA
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Amsonia orientalis
Decne.; V. Jacquem., Voy. Inde 4: 105 (1843)
Distribution: +European Turkey; NE-Greece; Turkey (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, WN-Anatolia)
13 GRC TUE 34 TUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhazya orientalis (Decne.) A.DC.; Prodr. 8: 386 (1844)
= Rhazya thracica Davidov; Trod. Bulg. Priv. Druz. 8 (1915)
species :
Amsonia palmeri
A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 64 (1877)
Name: Palmer´s bluestar
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Amsonia arizonica A.Nelson; Amer. J. Bot. 18: 432 (1931)
= Amsonia biformis A.Nelson; Amer. J. Bot. 32: 288 (1945)
= Amsonia hirtella Standl.; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 26: 118 (1913)
= Amsonia hirtella var. pogonosepala (Woodson) Wiggins; Contr. Dudley Herb. 4: 21 (1950)
= Amsonia pogonosepala Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 412 (1929)
= Amsonia standleyi Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 413 (1929)
species :
Amsonia peeblesii
Woodson; Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. 63: 35 (1936)
Name: Peebles´ bluestar
Distribution: USA (Arizona)
76 USA
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Amsonia rigida
Shuttlew. ex Small; Fl. S. E. U. S. ed. 1, 935 (1903)
Name: Stiff bluestar
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi)
78 USA
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Walter; Fl. Carol. 98 (1788)
Name: Eastern bluestar
Distribution: USA (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, NW-Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, N-Louisiana, NE-Texas, E-Oklahoma, Arkansas, S-Missouri, S-Illinois, Tennessee, W-Kentucky)
74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Amsonia amsonia (L.) Britton; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 262 (1894)
= Amsonia glaberrima Woodson; Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. 63: 36 (1936)
= Amsonia latifolia Michx.; Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 121 (1803)
= Amsonia salicifolia var. ciliolata A.DC.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 8: 385 (1844)
= Amsonia tristis Sm.; Rees, Cycl. 2: 35 (1802)
= Ansonia latifolia (Michx.) Raf.; New Fl. 4: 58 (1838)
= Tabernaemontana amsonia L.; Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 308 (1762)
= Tabernaemontana humilis Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 148 (1796)
= Tabernaemontana latifolia (Michx.) Parm.; Cat. Arbr. Parm.: 77 (1818)
variant :
var. illustris
(Woodson) J.K.Williams; Phytoneuron 2019-13: 5 (2019)
Distribution: USA (NW-Arkansas, SE-Kansas, Missouri, NE-Oklahoma, W-Kentucky, W-Tennessee)
74 USA 75 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Amsonia illustris Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 404 (1929)
variant :
var. repens
(Shinners) J.K.Williams; Phytoneuron 2019-13: 5 (2019)
Name: Creeping bluestar
Distribution: USA (E-Texas, SE-Oklahoma)
74 USA 77 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Amsonia repens Shinners; Field & Lab. 19: 126 (1951)
variant :
var. salicifolia
(Pursh) Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 15: 406 (1928)
Distribution: USA (Illinois, S-Indiana, W-Kentucky, Tennessee, W-North Carolina)
74 USA 75 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Amsonia salicifolia Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 184 (1813)
= Ansonia salicifolia (Pursh) Raf.; New Fl. 4: 58 (1838)
= Amsonia tabernaemontana var. gattingeri Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 15: 408 (1928)
species :
Amsonia tharpii
Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 35: 237 (1948)
Name: Feltleaf bluestar
Distribution: USA (New Mexico, Texas)
77 USA
Conservation Status: IUCN E
species :
Amsonia tomentosa
Torr. & Frém.; Frem. Rep. 1843-44 316 (1845)
Name: Woolly bluestar
Distribution: USA (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah); Mexico (Chihuahua)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Amsonia brevifolia A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 64 (1877)
= Amsonia brevifolia var. tomentosa (Torr. & Frém.) Jeps.; Man. Fl. Pl. Calif.: 768 (1925)
= Amsonia lanata Alexander; Torreya 34: 117 (1934)
variant :
var. stenophylla
Kearney & Peebles; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 487 (1939)
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah); Mexico (Chihuahua)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Amsonia arenaria Standl.; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 26: 117 (1913)
= Amsonia eastwoodiana Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 465 (1913)
= Amsonia filiformis A.Nelson; Amer. J. Bot. 18: 433 (1931)
