Tabernaemontana

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Tabernaemontana L.
APOCYNACEAE
MILKWOOD
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Classification
GENTIANALES
Tabernaemontana
Citation
TABERNAEMONTANA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 210. 1753.
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TYPE: Tabernaemontana citrifolia Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & P. Wilson, Bot. Porto Rico 6: 89. 1914.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Tabernaemontana alba WHITE MILKWOOD Not Native
Tabernaemontana divaricata CAPE JASMINE; PINWHEEL FLOWER Not Native
Identification Key
1.  Calyx lobes glabrous; corolla lobes 7-14 mm long; seeds 10-50
T. alba
1.  Calyx lobes usually ciliate; corolla lobes 15-27 mm long; seeds 2-10
T. divaricata
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Anacampta Anacampta Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer. 64. 1878. TYPE: Anacampta congesta Bentham ex Miers, nom. illegit. (Tabernaemontana rubrostriolata Martius ex Mueller Argoviensis) Lectotypified by Markgraf, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 162. 1938.
Anartia Anartia Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer. 79. 1878. TYPE: Anartia flavicans (Roemer & Schultes) Miers (Tabernaemontana flavicans Roemer & Schultes) Lectotypified by Markgraf, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 165. 1938.
Bonafousia Bonafousia Alph. de Candolle, in de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 359. 1844. TYPE: Bonafousia undulata (Vahl) Alph. de Candolle (Tabernaemontana undulata Vahl)
Camerunia Camerunia (Pichon) Boiteau, Adansonia, ser. 2. 16: 274. 1976. BASIONYM: Tabernaemontana Linnaeus, section Camerunia Pichon, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 252. 1948. TYPE: Camerunia penduliflora (K. Schumann) Boiteau (Tabernaemontana penduliflora K. Schumann)
Capuronetta Capuronetta Markgraf, Adansonia, ser. 2. 12: 61. 1972. TYPE: Capuronetta elegans Markgraf
Codonemma Codonemma Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer. 72. 1878. TYPE: Codonemma calycina Miers, nom. illegit. (Tabernaemontana benthamiana Mueller Argoviensis)
Conopharyngia Conopharyngia G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 70, 94. 1837. TYPE: Conopharyngia retusa (Lamarck) G. Don (Plumeria retusa Lamarck) Lectotypified by Pichon, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 243. 1948. = Pandaca Noronha ex Du-Petit Thouars 1806, by lectotypification.
Ervatamia Ervatamia (Alph. de Candolle) Stapf, in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 126. 1902. BASIONYM: Tabernaemontana Linnaeus, section Ervatamia Alph. de Candolle, in de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 373. 1844. TYPE: Ervatamia coronaria (Jacquin) Stapf (Nerium coronarium Jacquin)
Gabunia Gabunia K. Schumann ex Stapf, in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Africa 4(1): 136. 1902. TYPE: Gabunia crispiflora (K. Schumann) Stapf (Tabernaemontana crispiflora K. Schumann)
Hazunta Hazunta Pichon, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 207. 1948. TYPE: Hazunta modesta (Baker) Pichon (Tabernaemontana modesta Baker)
Leptopharyngia Leptopharyngia (Stapf) Boiteau, Adansonia, ser. 2. 16: 176. 1976. BASIONYM: Conopharyngia G. Don, section Leptopharyngia Stapf, in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Africa (1): 41. 1902. TYPE: Leptopharyngia elegans (Stapf) Boiteau (Tabernaemontana elegans Stapf)
Leptopharyngia Leptopharyngia (Stapf) Boiteau, Adansonia, ser. 2. 16: 176. 1976. BASIONYM: Conopharyngia G. Don, section Leptopharyngia Stapf, in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Africa (1): 141. 1902. TYPE: Leptopharyngia elegans (Stapf) Boiteau (Tabernaemontana elegans Stapf)
Merizadenia Merizadenia Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer. 78. 1878. TYPE: Merizadenia sananho (Ruiz Lopez & Pavon) Miers (Tabernaemontana sananho Ruiz Lopez & Pavon)
Muntafara Muntafara Pichon, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 209. 1948. TYPE: Muntafara sessilifolia (Baker) Pichon (Tabernaemontana sessilifolia Baker)
Ochronerium Ochronerium Baillon, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 774. 1889. TYPE: Ochronerium humblotii Baillon
Oistanthera Oistanthera Markgraf, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 547, 550. 1935. TYPE: Oistanthera telfairiana Markgraf
Pagiantha Pagiantha Markgraf, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 546, 549. 1935. TYPE: Pagiantha dichotoma (Roxburgh) Markgraf (Tabernaemontana dichotoma Roxburgh)
Pandaca Pandaca Noronha ex Du-Petit Thouars, Gen. Nova Madag. 10. 1806. TYPE: Pandaca retusa (Lamarck) Markgraf (Plumeria retusa Lamarck) Lectotypified by Pichon, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 231. 1948.
Pandacastrum Pandacastrum Pichon, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 209. 1948. TYPE: Pandacastrum saccharatum Pichon
Peschiera Peschiera Alph. de Candolle, in de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 360. 1844. TYPE: Peschiera hystrix (Steudel) Alph. de Candolle (Tabernaemontana hystrix Steudel; Tabernaemontana echinata Vellozo 1829, non Aublet 1775) Lectotypified by Markgraf, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 171. 1938.
Phrissocarpus Phrissocarpus Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer. 71. 1878. TYPE: Phrissocarpus rigidus Miers, nom. illegit. (Tabernaemontana macrophylla Mueller Argoviensis)
Protogabunia Protogabunia Boiteau, Adansonia, ser. 2. 16: 176. 1976. TYPE: Protogabunia letestui (Pellegrin) Boiteau (Gabunia letestui Pellegrin)
Rejoua Rejoua Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Voy. Uranie 450, t. 61. 1829. TYPE: Rejoua aurantiaca (Gaudichaud-Beaupré) Gaudichaud-Beaupré (Tabernaemontana aurantiaca Gaudichaud-Beaupré)
Sarcopharyngia Sarcopharyngia (Stapf) Boiteau, Adansonia, ser. 2. 16: 272. 1976. BASIONYM: Conopharyngia G. Don, section Sarcophayrngia Stapf, in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Africa 4(1): 140. 1902. TYPE: Sarcopharyngia contorta (Stapf) Boiteau (Tabernaemontana contorta Stapf) Lectotypified by Boiteau, Adansonia, ser. 2. 16: 274. 1976.
Stenosolen Stenosolen (Mueller Argoviensis) Markgraf, in Pulle, Fl. Suriname 4: 455. 1937. BASIONYM: Tabernaemontana Linnaeus, sect. Stenosolen Mueller Argoviensis, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 6(1): 76. 1860. TYPE: Stenosolen heterophyllus (Vahl) Markgraf (Tabernaemontana heterophylla Vahl)
Taberna Taberna (Alph. de Candolle) Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer. 61. 1878. BASIONYM: Tabernaemontana Linnaeus, section Taberna Alph. de Candolle, in de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 361. 1844. TYPE: Non designatus. The lectotypifications by Markgraf (Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 166. 1938) and by Leeuwenberg (Adansonia, ser. 2. 16: 390. 1976) are incorrect; they indicate a species which was not included in the section of de Candolle.
Testudipes Testudipes Markgraf, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 547, 550. 1935. TYPE: Testudipes recurva (Roxburgh) Markgraf (Tabernaemontana recurva Roxburgh)