Thevetia

Thevetia ahouai

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: Plumerieae
Subtribus: Thevetiinae
Genus: Thevetia
Species: T. ahouai – T. amazonica – T. bicornuta

Name

Thevetia L., Opera Var. 212. (1758) nom. cons.

• Type species: Thevetia ahouai (L.) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 8: 345. (1844)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ahouai Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4. (1754) nom. rej.
  • Ahouai Tourn. ex Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 171. 1763, nom. illeg. non Mill. (1754) orth. var.
  • Ahovai Boehmer in Ludwig, Def. Gen. Pl. 36. (1760) orth. var.
  • Plumeriopsis Rusby & Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 24: 11. (1937)
    

Note: Generic circumscription is not settled, as Cascabela Raf. (1838) can often be found in synonymy (Endress et al., 2014 & Williams & Stutzman, 2008), but c.f. Alvarado-Cárdenas & Ochoterena (2007), Alvarado-Cárdenas et al. (2017) and Govaerts et al. (2017).

Homonyms

• Thevetia Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 171, 611. (1763) nom. illeg. hom. (Apocynaceae)
• Thevetia Vell., Fl. Flumin. 57. (1829) nom. illeg. hom. (Rutaceae)

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Caroli Linnaei Opera Varia...Lucae [Lucca] 212.
• Alvarado-Cárdenas, L.O. & Ochoterena, H. 2007. A phylogenetic analysis of the Cascabela–Thevetia species complex (Plumerieae, Apocynaceae) based on morphology. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94(2): 298-323. DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[298:APAOTC]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Alvarado-Cárdenas, L.O., Villaseñor, J.L., López-Mata, L., Cadena, J. & Ortiz, E. 2017. Systematics, distribution and conservation of Cascabela (Apocynaceae: Rauvolfioideae: Plumerieae) in Mexico. Plant Systematics and Evolution 303(3): 337-369. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-016-1375-6 Reference page. 
• Endress, M.E., Liede-Schumann, S. & Meve, U. 2014. An updated classification for Apocynaceae. Phytotaxa 159(3): 175–194. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.159.3.2 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Thevetia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Thevetia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 10 2017.
• Williams, J.K. & Stutzman, J.K. 2008. Chromosome number of Thevetia ahouai (Apocynaceae: Rauvolfoidae: Plumerieae) with discussion on the generic boundaries of Thevetia. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2(1): 489–493. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

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