Tabernaemontana Linnaeus 1753 (milkwood)

Angiospermae - Gentianales - Apocynaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Apocynaceae according to M. Prasad 2008

See also MacGinitie 1941

Sister taxa: Alstonia, Alyxia, Apocynaceoxylon, Apocynocarpum, Apocynophyllum, Apocynospermum, Aspidospermoxylon, Carissa, Chonemorpha, Cricotriporites, Cypselites, Echitonium, Fezzania, Hemidesmus, Kibatalia, Landolphia, Leakeyia, Lyonsiaephyllum, Neritinium, Nerium, Ochrosella, Ochrosoidea, Plumieroideae, Pseudolithos, Rauvolfia, Stapelianthus, Tabernaemontanophyllum, Thevetia, Topea, Wrightia, Acerates, Asclepiadites, Periploca, Asclepiophyllum, Polioexolobus

Subtaxa: Tabernaemontana alternifolia Tabernaemontana chrysophylloides Tabernaemontana citrifolia Tabernaemontana laurifolia Tabernaemontana precoronaria

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Type: Tabernaemontana citrifolia

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Kenya (3 collections)

• Miocene of Nepal (1)

• Eocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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