Tabernaemontana glabra

Tabernaemontana glabra is an evergreen tree from the family Apocynaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia).[1] It is similar to Tabernaemontana donnell-smithii, except that its leaves and flowers are larger and its fruit is smaller.[2]

Tabernaemontana glabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Tabernaemontana
Species:
T. glabra
Binomial name
Tabernaemontana glabra
(Benth. ined.) nom. inval.
Synonyms[1]
  • Stemmadenia glabra Benth.
  • Bignonia obovata Hook. & Arn. 1841, illegitimate homonym, not (Kunth) Spreng. 1825 nor Vell. 1829
  • Stemmadenia mollis Benth.
  • Stemmadenia pubescens Benth.
  • Stemmadenia obovata K.Schum.
  • Stemmadenia calycina Brandegee
  • Stemmadenia obovata var. mollis (Benth.) Woodson
  • Tabernaemontana odontadeniiflora A.O.Simões & M.E.Endress

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Foster, M.S. & McDiarmid, R.M. (1983). "Costa Rican Natural History" (PDF). University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
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