Alyxia stellata information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)



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Taxon: Alyxia stellata (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Roem. & Schult.

Genus: Alyxia
Family: Apocynaceae subfamily: Rauvolfioideae tribe: Alyxieae.
Nomen number: 432076
Place of publication: Syst. veg. 4:439. 1819
Name verified on: 11-Mar-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

maile (Source: F Hawaii [as A. oliviformis]) – Hawaiian

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

AUSTRALASIA
Australia: Australia - Queensland [e.]
PACIFIC
North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
Northwestern Pacific: Micronesia; Northern Mariana Islands
South-Central Pacific: Cook Islands; French Polynesia
Southwestern Pacific: Fiji; New Caledonia; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Vanuatu

References:

Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1967–. Flore de la Nouvelle Caledonie et dependances.
Middleton, D. J. 2002. Revision of Alyxia (Apocynaceae). Part 2: Pacific Islands and Australia. Blumea 47:56–56–65.
Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i. [= A. oliviformis].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Alyxia stellata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Alyxia stellata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Alyxia stellata.

Synonyms:

(=) Alyxia oliviformis Gaudich.
(≡) Gynopogon stellata J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. (basionym)

Check other web resources for Alyxia stellata (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Roem. & Schult.:

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
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.

Check other web resources for images:

PlantSystematics.org
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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
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?432076 (18 June 2013)

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