6603.000 Tabernaemontana L.

CONOPHARYNGIA G. Don

ERVATAMIA (A. DC. )Stapf

Description of the genus

Unarmed shrubs or trees, with milky latex. Branching dichotomous. Leaves opposite. Flowers actinomorphic. Corolla white, the lobes overlapping to the left. Anthers sagittate at the base. Fruit composed of 2 free carpels; these dehiscent or not.

Worldwide: 99 species in the tropics

Malawi: 4 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
Botyodes asialis
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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
elegans StapfSDescription, Image
pachysiphon StapfNDescription, Image
stapfiana BrittenN,SDescription, Image
ventricosa Hochst. ex A.DC.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Tabernaemontana:

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Flora of Mozambique: Tabernaemontana
Flora of Zambia: Tabernaemontana
Flora of Zimbabwe: Tabernaemontana
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Tabernaemontana

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Tabernaemontana
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Tabernaemontana
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Tabernaemontana
Wikipedia: Tabernaemontana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tabernaemontana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tabernaemontana

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Tabernaemontana.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1112, retrieved 29 March 2023

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