Cleghornia
| Cleghornia | |
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| C. acuminata[3] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apocynoideae |
| Tribe: | Apocyneae |
| Genus: | Cleghornia Wight[1] |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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Cleghornia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. It includes two species, which are native to Borneo, China, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.[5]
The genus name was chosen in dedication to Dr. Hugh Cleghorn,[6] the "father of scientific forestry in India".[7]
- Species[5]
- Cleghornia acuminata Wight - Sri Lanka
- Cleghornia malaccensis (Hook.f.) King & Gamble - Guizhou, Yunnan, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, W Malaysia
- formerly included
- C. borneensis King & Gamble = Anodendron borneense (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton
- C. chinensis (Merr.) P.T.Li = Sindechites chinensis (Merr.) Markgr. & Tsiang
- C. cymosa Wight = Cleghornia acuminata Wight
- C. dongnaiensis Pierre ex Pit. = Cleghornia malaccensis (Hook.f.) King & Gamble
- C. gracilis King & Gamble = Anodendron gracile (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton
- C. henryi (Oliv.) P.T.Li = Sindechites henryi Oliv.
References
- Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
- ^ "Name - Cleghornia Wight subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
- ^ illustration by Govindoo, published in Wight, R., Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, vol. 4(2): t. 1310 (1846)
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ (conducted by) P.J.Selby, Esq., F.L.S.; George Johnston, M.D.; Charles C. Babington, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S.; J.H.Balfour, M.D., Prof. Bot. Edinburgh & Richard Taylor, F.L.S., F.G.S. (1850). "Proceedings of the Royal Society ; Zoological Society ; Botanical Society of Edinburgh" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. VI (2nd Series). London: R. and J.E.Taylor: 142. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
...Cleghornia, a new genus of Apocynaceæ, named by Dr. Wight, in honour of Dr. Hugh Cleghorn
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1899). "The Hill Forests of Western India". Journal of the Society of Arts. 47. Covent Garden, London: George Bell and Sons: 735. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
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