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Taxon: Allamanda cathartica L.

Genus: Allamanda
Family: Apocynaceae subfamily: Rauvolfioideae tribe: Plumerieae.
Nomen number: 312549
Place of publication: Mant. pl. 2:214. 1771
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 23-Sep-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Oct-2001
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • allamanda   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • golden-trumpet   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • Allamande   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • alamanda-amarela   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • carolina   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • dedal-de-dama   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • copa de oro   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname
    Brazil: Brazil [probably native]

      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated in tropics

References:

  • Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal. (F Senegal)
  • Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. (L Guianas ed2)
  • DeFilipps, R. A. 1992. Ornamental garden plants of the Guianas. (Orn Pl Guian)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. (F PR)
  • Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)
  • Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system - on-line resource. (Can Poison Pl)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932–. Flora of Suriname. (F Suriname)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
  • Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 12(2):49–51.
  • Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
  • Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Allamanda cathartica L.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?312549 (09 February 2010)

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