Thevetia
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Thevetia | |
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Thevetia ahouai | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Rauvolfioideae |
Tribe: | Plumerieae |
Subtribe: | Thevetiinae |
Genus: | Thevetia L. |
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Thevetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described for modern science as a genus in 1758. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and Cuba.[1] The taxonomy of the genus is controversial, with some authors including Cascabela within Thevetia, while others accept the two genera as separate.[2]
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- Species[1]
- Thevetia ahouai (L.) A.DC. - Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia
- Thevetia amazonica Ducke - Brazil, Bolivia
- Thevetia bicornuta Müll.Arg. - Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina
- formerly included[1]
- Thevetia alliodora = Cascabela ovata
- Thevetia cuneifolia = Cascabela ovata
- Thevetia gaumeri = Cascabela gaumeri
- Thevetia humboldtii (Kunth) Voigt 1845 not R.H. Schomb. 1840 = Cascabela thevetioides
- Thevetia linearis = Cascabela thevetia
- Thevetia neriifolia = Cascabela thevetia
- Thevetia ovata = Cascabela ovata
- Thevetia peruviana = Cascabela thevetia
- Thevetia pinifolia = Cascabela pinifolia
- Thevetia plumeriifolia = Cascabela ovata
- Thevetia spathulata = Cascabela gaumeri
- Thevetia steerei = Cascabela gaumeri
- Thevetia thevetia = Cascabela thevetia
- Thevetia thevetioides = Cascabela thevetioides
- Thevetia yccotli = Cascabela thevetioides
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ^ Leonardo O. Alvarado-Cárdenas and José Carmen Soto Núñez (2014). "A new species of Cascabela (Apocynaceae; Rauvolfioideae, Plumerieae) from Michoacán, Mexico" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 177 (3): 163–170. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.177.3.4.
External links[edit]
Media related to Thevetia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Thevetia at Wikispecies
- USDA Plants Profile