Cleghornia

Cleghornia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae; its various species are distributed in Borneo, China, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.^[5]

The genus name was chosen in dedication to Dr. Hugh Cleghorn,^[6] the "father of scientific forestry in India".^[7]

References[]

^ Two species were published at the same time in 1848 under the then newly coined name of Cleghornia in Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 4(2): 5. 1848.; C. acuminata and C. cymosa "Name - Cleghornia Wight". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
^ "Name - Cleghornia Wight subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
^ illustration by Govindoo, published in Wight, R., Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, vol. 4(2): t. 1310 (1846)
^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 21, 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ (conducted by) P.J.Selby, Esq., F.L.S.; George Johnston, M.D.; Charles C. Babington, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S.; J.H.Balfour, M.D., Prof. Bot. Edinburgh & Richard Taylor, F.L.S., F.G.S. (1850). "Proceedings of the Royal Society ; Zoological Society ; Botanical Society of Edinburgh" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. London: R. and J.E.Taylor. VI (2nd Series): 142. Retrieved July 13, 2011. ...Cleghornia, a new genus of Apocynaceæ, named by Dr. Wight, in honour of Dr. Hugh CleghornCS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1899). "The Hill Forests of Western India". Journal of the Society of Arts. Covent Garden, London: George Bell and Sons. 47: 735. Retrieved July 13, 2011.

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