Himatanthus

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1958. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part III. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-156.

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Himatanthus

  • Discussion

    A. Ducke, with good reason, challenges the segregation of this genus from Plumeria L. (Anais Acad. Bras. Ci. 27: 384. 1955). Recent material presents two very anomalous collections of Himatanthus attenuata which will be discussed below.