Ambelania acida

Ambelania acida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribus: Ambelaniinae
Genus: Ambelania
Species: Ambelania acida

Name

Ambelania acida Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 265 (1775)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Willughbeia acida (Aubl.) Oken, Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 1049 (1841)
• Heterotypic
  • Bentheca odorata Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 13 (1838)
  • Ambelania sagotii Müll.Arg., Linnaea 30: 389 (1860)
  • Ambelania tenuiflora Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 16 (1860)
  • Ambelania tenuiflora var. tenuiramea Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 17 (1860)
  • Ambelania cucumerina Spruce ex Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 13 (1878)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam, N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Para, Amazonas), NE-Brazil (Maranhao), Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Aubl. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Francoise ... 265, t. 104.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Ambelania acida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Ambelania acida. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 21 2017.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ambelania acida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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