Willughbeia

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Willughbeia
Willughbeia coriacea - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-282.jpg
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:
Subtribe: Willughbeiinae
A.DC. in DC. & A.DC.
Genus: Willughbeia
Roxb.[1]
Type species
Willughbeia edulis
Roxb.[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Ancylocladus Wall.
  • Urnularia Stapf
  • Willughbeiopsis Rauschert

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]
  1.  (Miq.) Markgr. - Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
  2.  Markgr. - Borneo, Mindanao
  3.  (Kuntze ex Pierre) K.Schum. - Borneo, Sulawesi
  4. Willughbeia cirrhifera  Abeyw. - Sri Lanka
  5.  Wall. & G.Don - Thailand, Malaysia, W Indonesia
  6. Willughbeia edulis  Roxb. - Assam, Bangladesh, Indochina,

Nicobar Islands, W Malaysia

  1. -
  2.  Dyer ex Hook.f. - Borneo, W Malaysia, Sumatra
  3.  (Boerl.) Markgr. - Sumatera, Borneo
  4.  Dyer ex Hook.f. - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo
  5.  Blume - Java
  6.  Lý - Vietnam
  7.  (Markgr.) Mabb. - Borneo
  8.  Mabb. - Sarawak
  9.  Dyer ex Hook.f. - W Malaysia
  10.  (Stapf) Merr. - Sarawak
  11. Willughbeia sarawacensis  (Pierre) K.Schum. - Borneo, Palawan
  12.  Dyer ex Hook.f. - Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra
formerly included[3]
  1. Willughbeia acida, syn of
  2. Willughbeia borneensis, syn of
  3. Willughbeia cordata, syn of Saba comorensis
  4. Willughbeia elliptifolia, syn of
  5. Willughbeia guianensis, syn of
  6. Willughbeia luzoniensis, syn of
  7. Willughbeia novoguineensis, syn of
  8. Willughbeia pauciflora, syn of
  9. Willughbeia petersiana, syn of Ancylobothrys petersiana
  10. Willughbeia pubescens, syn of Hancornia speciosa
  11. Willughbeia scandens, syn of
  12. Willughbeia senensis, syn of Ancylobothrys petersiana
  13. Willughbeia umbrosa, syn of

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. Retrieved October 11, 2011. nom. cons. ; T: Willughbeia edulis Roxb.
  2. ^ illustration circa 1880 from Köhler's Medizinal Pflanzen
  3. ^ a b c d "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 17, 2014.


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