Alstonia costata

Alstonia costata
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Alstonia
Species:	A. costata
Binomial name
Alstonia costata (G.Forst.) R.Br. [1]
Synonyms [1]
Alstonia costataJeann., nom. illeg. Alstonia ellipticaJ.W.Moore Alstonia fragransJ.W.Moore Alstonia godeffroyiReinecke Alstonia marquisensisM.L.Grant ex Fosberg & Sachet Alstonia montanaTurrill Alstonia plumosaLabill. Alstonia reineckeanaLauterb. Alstonia roeperiVan Heurck & Müll.Arg. Alstonia setchellianaChristoph. Alstonia smithiiMarkgr. Alstonia villosaSeem., nom. illeg. Alstonia vitiensisSeem. Echites costatusG.Forst.

Alstonia costata, synonyms including Alstonia marquisensis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Solomon Islands in Papuasia and to islands in the south Pacific. ^[1] It was first described by Georg Forster in 1786 as Echites costatus. ^[2] It grows as a shrub or tree. ^[1]

Distribution

Alstonia costata is native to the Solomon Islands in Papuasia; the Cook Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Society Islands in the south-central Pacific; and Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, the Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu in the south-western Pacific. ^[1]

References

1. "Alstonia costata (G.Forst.) R.Br.", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2023-02-05
2. "Alstonia costata (G.Forst.) R.Br.", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2023-02-05

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