Alstonia costata

Alstonia costata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Alstonieae
Genus: Alstonia
Species: Alstonia costata

Name

Alstonia costata (G.Forst.) R.Br., 1810

Synonyms

Basionym
- Echites costatus G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr.: 20 (1786).

Heterotypic
- Alstonia plumosa Labill., Sert. Austro-Caledon.: 28 (1824).
- Alstonia villosa Seem., Fl. Vit.: 161 (1866), nom. illeg.
- Alstonia roeperi Van Heurck & Müll.Arg., Observ. Bot. Descript. Pl. Nov. Herb. Van Heurckiani 2: 201 (1871).
- Alstonia vitiensis Seem., Fl. Vit.: 430 (1873).
- Alstonia costata Jeann., Nouv. Caled. Agric.: 127 (1894), nom. illeg.
- Alstonia godeffroyi Reinecke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 667 (1898).
- Alstonia reineckeana Lauterb., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 233 (1908).
- Alstonia montana Turrill, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 43: 32 (1915).
- Alstonia elliptica J.W.Moore, Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 102: 39 (1933).
- Alstonia fragrans J.W.Moore, Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 102: 39 (1933).
- Alstonia setchelliana Christoph., Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 128: 178 (1935).
- Alstonia smithii Markgr., Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 141: 125 (1936).
- Alstonia montana var. filiformis Monach., Pacific Sci. 3: 173 (1949).
- Alstonia vitiensis var. novoebudica Monach., Pacific Sci. 3: 171 (1949).
- Alstonia vitiensis var. whitmorei Markgr., Gard. Bull. Singapore 22: 24 (1967).
- Alstonia marquisensis M.L.Grant ex Fosberg & Sachet, Micronesica 8: 46 (1972).
- Alstonia costata var. fragrans (J.W.Moore) M.L.Grant, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 17: 43 (1974).
- Alstonia plumosa var. communis Boiteau, Adansonia, n.s., 16: 470 (1977).
- Alstonia plumosa f. glabra Boiteau, Adansonia, n.s., 16: 472 (1977).
- Alstonia vitiensis f. glabra A.C.Sm., Fl. Vit. Nova 4: 76 (1988).

Homonyms

Alstonia costata Jeann. = Alstonia costata (G. Forst.) R. Br.
Alstonia costata Jeanneney = Alstonia costata (G. Forst.) R. Br.
Alstonia costata Wall. ex Miq. = Alstonia macrophylla Wall. ex G. Don

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Cook Isl. (Rarotonga), Marquesas Isl. (Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa, Ua Huka), Society Isl. (Tahiti, Raiatea, Bora Bora), Solomons, Fiji, New Caledonia, Santa Cruz Isl., Vanuatu, American Samoa (Tutuila), Tonga ('Eua, Vava'u), Western Samoa (Savaii) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Brown, R., 1810. On the Asclepiadeae: 64

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Alstonia costata in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 15.

Hassler, M. 2018. Alstonia costata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 15.

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Alstonia costata. Published online. Accessed Oct. 15 2018.

The Plant List 2013. Alstonia costata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 15.

Tropicos.org 2018. Alstonia costata . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 15.

Vernacular names

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