Alstonia

See also: alstonia

Translingual

Alstonia scholaris

Etymology

Named after French botanist Charles Alston +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

Alstonia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – tropical evergreen trees and shrubs, most species native to the Indonesian archipelago, many used for timber.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Apocynaceae - family; Rauvolfioideae - subfamily; Alstonieae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Alstonia scholaris (milky pine) - type species

References

Alstonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alstonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Alstonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Alstonia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Alstonia on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Alstonia at USDA Plants database
Alstonia at Germplasm Resources Information Network
Alstonia at Tropicos

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