Willughbeia
Willughbeia | |
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Willughbeia coriacea[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Willughbeia Roxb. [2] |
Type species | |
Willughbeia edulis Roxb. [2] | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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Willughbeia is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae,first described as a genus in 1820. It is native to Southeast Asia with a few species in the Indian Subcontinent.[3] Several species have edible fruits enjoyed in many countries. Many species are vines with sticky latex.
- Species[3]
- W. angustifolia (Miq.) Markgr. - Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
- W. anomala Markgr. - Borneo, Mindanao
- W. beccariana (Kuntze ex Pierre) K.Schum. - Borneo, Sulawesi
- W. cirrhifera Abeyw. - Sri Lanka
- W. coriacea Wall. & G.Don - Thailand, Malaysia, W Indonesia
- W. edulis Roxb. - Assam, Bangladesh, Indochina, Nicobar Islands, W Malaysia
- W. flavescens Dyer ex Hook.f. - Borneo, W Malaysia, Sumatra
- W. gigantea (Boerl.) Markgr. - Sumatera, Borneo
- W. grandiflora Dyer ex Hook.f. - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo
- W. javanica Blume - Java
- W. kontumensis Lý - Vietnam
- W. lanceolata (Markgr.) Mabb. - Borneo
- W. lunduensis Mabb. - Sarawak
- W. oblonga Dyer ex Hook.f. - W Malaysia
- W. ovatifolia (Stapf) Merr. - Sarawak
- W. sarawacensis (Pierre) K.Schum. - Borneo, Palawan
- W. tenuiflora Dyer ex Hook.f. - Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra
- formerly included[3]
- Willughbeia acida, syn of Ambelania acida
- Willughbeia borneensis, syn of Leuconotis anceps
- Willughbeia cordata, syn of Saba comorensis
- Willughbeia elliptifolia, syn of Melodinus orientalis
- Willughbeia guianensis, syn of Pacouria guianensis
- Willughbeia luzoniensis, syn of Melodinus orientalis
- Willughbeia novoguineensis, syn of Melodinus australis
- Willughbeia pauciflora, syn of Melodinus orientalis
- Willughbeia petersiana, syn of Ancylobothrys petersiana
- Willughbeia pubescens, syn of Hancornia speciosa
- Willughbeia scandens, syn of Pacouria guianensis
- Willughbeia senensis, syn of Ancylobothrys petersiana
- Willughbeia umbrosa, syn of Melodinus orientalis
References
- ↑ illustration circa 1880 from Köhler's Medizinal Pflanzen
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
nom. cons. ; T: Willughbeia edulis Roxb.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "World Checklist of Seleced Plant Families". Retrieved May 17, 2014.