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

Tabernaemontana elegans

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SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
elegans StapfE,SDescription, Image
stapfiana BrittenEDescription, Image
ventricosa Hochst. ex A.DC.EDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Tabernaemontana:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Tabernaemontana page
Flora of Mozambique: Tabernaemontana
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Tabernaemontana
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Tabernaemontana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Tabernaemontana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tabernaemontana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tabernaemontana

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Tabernaemontana.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1112, retrieved 18 May 2013

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