Tabernaemontana glabra

Tabernaemontana glabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Tabernaemontana
Species:	T. glabra
Binomial name
	Tabernaemontana glabra; (Benth. ined.) nom. inval.
Synonyms[1]
	Stemmadenia glabra Benth.; Bignonia obovata Hook. & Arn. 1841, illegitimate homonym, not (Kunth) Spreng. 1825 nor Vell. 1829; Stemmadenia mollis Benth.; Stemmadenia pubescens Benth.; Stemmadenia obovata K.Schum.; Stemmadenia calycina Brandegee; Stemmadenia obovata var. mollis (Benth.) Woodson; Tabernaemontana odontadeniiflora A.O.Simões & M.E.Endress;

Tabernaemontana glabra is an evergreen tree from the Apocynaceae family, native to Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia).^[1] It is similar to Tabernaemontana donnell-smithii, except that its leaves and flowers are larger and its fruit is smaller.^[2]

References

1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
↑ Foster, M.S. & McDiarmid, R.M. (1983). "Costa Rican Natural History" (PDF). University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 2012-05-17.

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