Willughbeia

Last updated

Willughbeia
Willughbeia coriacea - Kohler-s Medizinal-Pflanzen-282.jpg
Willughbeia coriacea [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Willughbeieae
Subtribe: Willughbeiinae
A.DC. in DC. & A.DC.
Genus: Willughbeia
Roxb. [2]
Type species
Willughbeia edulis
Roxb. [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • AncylocladusWall.
  • UrnulariaStapf
  • WillughbeiopsisRauschert

Willughbeia is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1820. It is native to Southeast Asia with a few species in the Indian Subcontinent. [3] Several species have edible fruits enjoyed in many countries. Many species are vines with sticky latex.

Contents

Taxonomy

The genus name Willughbeia commemorates Francis Willughby, an English ornithologist and ichthyologist. [4]

Species

The known extant species are: [3]

  1. Willughbeia angustifolia  (Miq.) Markgr. - Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
  2. Willughbeia anomala  Markgr. - Borneo, Mindanao
  3. Willughbeia beccariana  (Kuntze ex Pierre) K.Schum. - Borneo, Sulawesi
  4. Willughbeia cirrhifera  Abeyw. - Sri Lanka
  5. Willughbeia coriacea  Wall. & G.Don - Thailand, Malaysia, W Indonesia
  6. Willughbeia edulis  Roxb. - Assam, Bangladesh, Indochina, Nicobar Islands, W Malaysia
  7. Willughbeia elmerii - Jatak
  8. Willughbeia flavescens  Dyer ex Hook.f. - Borneo, W Malaysia, Sumatra
  9. Willughbeia gigantea  (Boerl.) Markgr. - Sumatera, Borneo
  10. Willughbeia grandiflora  Dyer ex Hook.f. - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo
  11. Willughbeia javanica  Blume - Java
  12. Willughbeia kontumensis   - Vietnam
  13. Willughbeia lanceolata  (Markgr.) Mabb. - Borneo
  14. Willughbeia lunduensis  Mabb. - Sarawak
  15. Willughbeia oblonga  Dyer ex Hook.f. - W Malaysia
  16. Willughbeia ovatifolia  (Stapf) Merr. - Sarawak
  17. Willughbeia sarawacensis  (Pierre) K.Schum. - Borneo, Palawan
  18. Willughbeia tenuiflora  Dyer ex Hook.f. - Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra
formerly included [3]
  1. Willughbeia acida, syn of Ambelania acida
  2. Willughbeia borneensis, syn of Leuconotis anceps
  3. Willughbeia cordata, syn of Saba comorensis
  4. Willughbeia elliptifolia, syn of Melodinus orientalis
  5. Willughbeia guianensis, syn of Pacouria guianensis
  6. Willughbeia luzoniensis, syn of Melodinus orientalis
  7. Willughbeia novoguineensis, syn of Melodinus australis
  8. Willughbeia pauciflora, syn of Melodinus orientalis
  9. Willughbeia petersiana, syn of Ancylobothrys petersiana
  10. Willughbeia pubescens, syn of Hancornia speciosa
  11. Willughbeia scandens, syn of Pacouria guianensis
  12. Willughbeia senensis, syn of Ancylobothrys petersiana
  13. Willughbeia umbrosa, syn of Melodinus orientalis

Related Research Articles

<i>Antidesma</i> Genus of flowering plants

Antidesma is a genus of tropical plant in the family Phyllanthaceae formally described by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to tropical Africa, S + E + SE Asia, Australia, and various oceanic islands. The greatest diversity occurs in Southeast Asia.

<i>Wrightia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Wrightia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It native to tropical Africa, China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Australia. The species are all small trees or shrubs.

<i>Plocoglottis</i> Genus of orchids

Plocoglottis is a genus of orchids, native to Southeast Asia and to various islands from the Andaman Islands to the Solomons.

<i>Dipterocarpus</i> Genus of trees

Dipterocarpus is a genus of flowering plants and the type genus of family Dipterocarpaceae.

<i>Barringtonia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Barringtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus with this name in 1775. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The genus name commemorates Daines Barrington.

<i>Kopsia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Kopsia is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It was first described as a genus in 1823. Kopsia is native to China, Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the western Pacific.

<i>Parsonsia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Parsonsia is a genus of woody vines in the family Apocynaceae. Species occur throughout Indomalaya, Australasia and Melanesia.

<i>Homalomena</i> Genus of flowering plants

Homalomena is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. Homalomena are found in southern Asia and the southwestern Pacific. Many Homalomena have a strong smell of anise. The name derives apparently from a mistranslated Malayan vernacular name, translated as homalos, meaning flat, and mene = moon.

<i>Scindapsus</i> Genus of flowering plants

Scindapsus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Queensland, and a few western Pacific islands. The species Scindapsus pictus is common in cultivation.

<i>Urceola</i> (plant) Genus of plants

Urceola is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1798. It is native to China, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rauvolfioideae</span> Subfamily of flowering plants

Rauvolfioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Apocynaceae. Many species are woody lianas, others are shrubs or perennial herbs.

<i>Chisocheton</i> Genus of flowering plants

Chisocheton is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek schizos and chiton meaning "split tunic", referring to the lobed staminal tube of C. patens. Their range is from India and tropical China, throughout Malesia and south to New South Wales and Vanuatu.

<i>Phrynium</i> Genus of flowering plants

Phrynium is a genus of flowering plants native to China, India, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia. It was described as a genus in 1797.

<i>Hornstedtia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Hornstedtia is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, southern China, New Guinea, Melanesia and Queensland.

<i>Globba</i> Genus of flowering plants

Globba is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains about 100 species, native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Queensland.

Chilocarpus is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1823. The genus is native to India, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea.

  1. Chilocarpus beccarianusPierre - Borneo
  2. Chilocarpus conspicuus(Steenis) Markgr. - Borneo
  3. Chilocarpus costatusMiq. - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar
  4. Chilocarpus decipiensHook.f. - Sumatra, W Malaysia
  5. Chilocarpus denudatusBlume - S India, Nicobar Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea
  6. Chilocarpus hirtusD.J.Middleton - Borneo, Sumatra
  7. Chilocarpus obtusifoliusMerr. - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia
  8. Chilocarpus pubescensD.J.Middleton - Borneo
  9. Chilocarpus rostratusMarkgr. - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia, Thailand
  10. Chilocarpus sarawakensisD.J.Middleton - Sarawak
  11. Chilocarpus steenisianusMarkgr. - Borneo
  12. Chilocarpus suaveolensBlume - Borneo, Sumatra, Java
  13. Chilocarpus torulosus(Boerl.) Markgr. - Borneo
  14. Chilocarpus vernicosusBlume - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia

Micrechites is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1857. It is native to China, the eastern Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Queensland.

References

  1. illustration circa 1880 from Köhler's Medizinal Pflanzen
  2. 1 2 The genus Willughbeia was first described and published in Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 3: 77, t. 280. 1820. The type species is W. edulis "Name - !Willughbeia Roxb". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved October 11, 2011. nom. cons. ; T: Willughbeia edulis Roxb.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Willughbeia Roxb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  4. Birkhead, Tim (2018). The wonderful Mr Willughby : the first true ornithologist. London, England, UK: Bloomsbury. p. 259. ISBN   978-1-4088-7848-4. OCLC   1001924209.