Allamanda angustifolia

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Allamanda angustifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Allamanda
Species:
A. angustifolia
Binomial name
Allamanda angustifolia

Allamanda angustifolia is a species of plant in the genus Allamanda in the family Apocynaceae, which is found in Brazil, typically in Cerrado vegetation. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. Known in English as alamander,[ citation needed ] it has been widely cultivated and naturalized in Florida and elsewhere in the United States.


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