Wrightia
| Wrightia | |
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| Wrightia antidysenterica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apocynoideae |
| Tribe: | Wrightieae |
| Genus: | Wrightia R.Br. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Wrightia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It native to tropical Africa, China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Australia.[1] The species are all small trees or shrubs.[2]
The genus was named for William Wright (1735-1819), Scottish physician and botanist, by Robert Brown.
Wrightia antidysenterica has long been known in Indian Ayurvedic tradition, and is called "kuţaja" in Sanskrit.
Species
[edit]Plants of the World Online[1] includes:
- Wrightia angustifolia Thwaites - Sri Lanka
- Wrightia annamensis Eberh. & Dubard - S China, Cambodia, Vietnam
- Wrightia antidysenterica (L.) R.Br. - Sri Lanka
- Wrightia arborea (Dennst.) Mabb. - S China, India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Indochina
- Wrightia calcicola D.J.Middleton - Thailand
- Wrightia candollei S.Vidal - Philippines
- Wrightia coccinea (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Sims - S China, Himalayas, Indochina
- Wrightia collettii Ngan - Myanmar
- Wrightia demartiniana Chiov. - Western Australia
- Wrightia dolichocarpa Bahadur & Bennet - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya
- Wrightia dubia (Sims) Spreng. - W India
- Wrightia flavidorosea Trimen - Indochina, W Malaysia
- Wrightia hanleyi Elmer - Sri Lanka but extinct
- Wrightia indica Ngan - Palawan
- Wrightia karaketii D.J.Middleton - S India
- Wrightia kwangtungensis Tsiang - Thailand
- Wrightia laevis Hook.f. - S China, SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland
- Wrightia lanceolata Kerr - S Thailand
- Wrightia lecomtei Pit. - Cambodia, Vietnam
- Wrightia natalensis Stapf -southern Africa
- Wrightia novobritannica (Ngan) D.J.Middleton - New Britain
- Wrightia palawanensis D.J.Middleton - Palawan
- Wrightia poomae D.J.Middleton - Thailand
- Wrightia puberula (Thwaites) Ngan - Sri Lanka but extinct
- Wrightia pubescens R.Br. - S China, SE Asia, Papuasia, N Australia
- Wrightia religiosa (Teijsm. & Binn.) Benth. ex Kurz - Guangdong, Indochina, W Malaysia
- Wrightia saligna (R.Br.) F.Muell. ex Benth. - N Australia
- Wrightia siamensis D.J.Middleton - Thailand
- Wrightia sikkimensis Gamble - S China, E Himalayas, Vietnam
- Wrightia sirikitiae D.J.Middleton & Santisuk - Thailand
- Wrightia tinctoria (Roxb.) R.Br. - India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, Timor and Australia
- Wrightia tokiae D.J.Middleton - Thailand
- Wrightia vietnamensis Hazell & D.J.Middleton[3] - Vietnam
- Wrightia viridiflora Kerr - Thailand
- formerly included[1]
- Wrightia afzelii, syn of Pleioceras afzelii
- Wrightia bacelliana, syn of Melodinus acutiflorus
- Wrightia parviflora, syn of Pleioceras barteri
- Wrightia piscidia, syn of Melodinus cochinchinensis
- Wrightia stuhlmannii, syn of Alafia lucida
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Plants of the World Online". Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 174 倒吊笔属 dao diao bi shu Wrightia R. Brown, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 73. 1811.
- ^ Hazell EC, Middleton DJ (2023) Kew Bull. 78(4)
