Apocynaceae

Strophanthus DC.

First published in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 3: 122 (1802)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa to Central Malesia.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Taiwan, Trinidad-Tobago

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

  • Gilg in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Apocynac. 7 (1903).
  • —F.T.A. 4, 1: 167

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Beentje in Meded. Landb. Wag. 82–4: 17 (1982).
  • in Bull. Soc. Philom. 64: 122 (1802).

Flora of Somalia

  • Beentje in Meded. Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 82-4 (1982).
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Beentje in Meded. Landbouwhogeschool 82 (4): 17 (1982)
  • Gilg, Monogr. Afr. Pfl.-Fam. & Gatt. 7: 7 (1903)
  • in Bull. Soc. Philom. 64: 122 (1802)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 16, 2004 Stone, B.C.; Romero, E.M. [PPI 56] Philippines K000227673 No
Jan 1, 1981 Stocks, J. [148] Mozambique K000233773 Holotype No
Jan 1, 1981 Stocks, J. [148] Mozambique K000233772 Type Yes
Peter, A. [58107] Tanzania K001604030 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1642] Burma K001113687 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jack, W. [Cat. no. 1643] Malaysia K001113688 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4459] India K001039048 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1623] Singapore Cercocoma K001113612 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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