Cleghornia

Cleghornia
C. acuminata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Apocyneae
Genus: Cleghornia
Wight
Synonyms
  • Giadotrum Pichon

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.

The genus name was chosen in dedication to Dr. Hugh Cleghorn, the "father of scientific forestry in India".

Species
formerly included

References

  1. ↑ illustration by Govindoo, published in Wight, R., Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, vol. 4(2): t. 1310 (1846)
  2. ↑  Two species were published at the same time in 1848 under the then newly coined name of Cleghornia in Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 4(2): 5. 1848.; C. acuminata and C. cymosa "Name - Cleghornia Wight". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  3. ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ (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)
  6. ↑ 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.