Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 518, Sep 1914

  • Location

    Philippines. Manila, Luzon.

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    NY Barcode: 4183739

    Occurrence ID: e22ff176-eb2d-45ad-a447-c348ca1a67e1

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THEVETIA Linnaeus
Cerbera thevetia Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 125 (thebethia); ed. 2
(1845) 89; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 162, t. ¿5=THEVETIA PERUVIANA
(Pers.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) 130 (Cerbera peruviana
Pers. Syn. 1 (1805) 267; Thevetia nereifolia Juss. ex Steud. Nomencl.
ed. 2)^2 (1840) 680).
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco, but
unless the combination Thevetia thevetia (Linn.) Millsp. be
accepted Persoon’s specific name peruviana is the oldest one for
the species. Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) Merr. occurs in the
Philippines only as a cultivated plant; it was introduced- from
Mexico by the Spaniards at an early date, either for ornamental
purposes or for its use in medicine, or both.
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, September, 1914:
{Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 518).
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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SPECIES HLANCÜANAE NO.
518. SbQYetia peruviana (Pers.)
Merr.
Cerfcera theretia Linn*;
Blanco
Cerbera peruviana Pers.
fheretia nereifolia Juss.
HERBARIO NACIONAL DE MÉXICO (MEXU)
Instituto de Biología, UNAM
Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold
L. Alvarado Cárdenas 2006
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