Willughbeia

Willughbeia
Willughbeia coriacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Willughbeia
Roxb. [1]
Type species
Willughbeia edulis Roxb. [1]

Willughbeia is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, many of which are eaten as fruit in Asian countries. Many are vines with sticky latex.

Selected species

List sources : [2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b The genus Willughbeia was first described and published in Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 3: 77, t. 280. 1820. The type species is W. edulis "Name - !Willughbeia Roxb.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40026365. Retrieved October 11, 2011. "nom. cons. ; T: Willughbeia edulis Roxb." 
  2. ^ "Willughbeia Roxb.". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). 2010. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Willughbeia. Retrieved October 11, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Name - !Willughbeia Roxb. subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40026365?tab=subordinatetaxa. Retrieved October 11, 2011. "nom. cons. ; T: Willughbeia edulis Roxb."