| Tabernaemontana alternifolia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Tabernaemontana |
| Species: | T. alternifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Tabernaemontana alternifolia L. | |
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Tabernaemontana alternifolia is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to India.
Taxonomy
The name Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. has often been used for this species, and a proposal was made to conserve that name so that it would be used instead of T. alternifolia. Arguments made for conservation were that the type of the species was not a specimen but an illustration, and that the plant has opposite leaves, not alternate leaves as alternifolia implies. However, the proposal was rejected, and the correct name of this species is the original name, T. alternifolia.
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Unripe fruit
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Ripe fruit
References
- "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- ^ Middleton, D.; Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1998). "(1355) Proposal to conserve the name Tabernaemontana heyneana (Apocynaceae)". Taxon. 47 (2): 481–482. doi:10.2307/1223795. JSTOR 1223795.
- Brummitt, R.K. (2000). "Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 49". Taxon. 49 (2): 261–278. doi:10.2307/1223840. JSTOR 1223840.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Tabernaemontana heyneana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T35327A9927070. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35327A9927070.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
External links
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