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March 2019

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genus

Wrightia R.Br.

This genus name was first published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 467 (1810)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000040832.

Species in Wrightia ( showing species 1 to 10 of 32)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Wrightia angustifolia Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl. : 193 (1860) wfo-0000334506
Wrightia annamensis Eberhardt & Dubard Agron. Colon. 1: 38 (1913) wfo-0000334507
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Wrightia annamensis var. coronata Pit. Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1192 1933 wfo-0000802297
Wrightia antidysenterica (L.) R.Br. Asclepiadeae : 63 (1810) wfo-0000334508
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Nerium antidysentericum L. Sp. Pl. 209 1753 wfo-0000251544
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Nerium divaricatum Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 142 1790 wfo-0000251554
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Nerium zeylanicum L. Cent. Pl. II 12 1756 wfo-0000251597
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Walidda antidysenterica (L.) Pichon Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 1: 74 1951 wfo-0000333781
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Wrightia zeylanica (L.) R.Br. Asclepiadeae 59 1810 wfo-0000334589
Wrightia arborea (Dennst.) Mabb. Taxon 26: 533 (1977) wfo-0000334509
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Hunteria eugeniifolia Wall. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 105 1837 wfo-0000215664
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Nerium coraea Buch.-Ham. ex A.DC. Prodr. 8: 407 1844 wfo-0000251551
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Nerium tomentosum (Roem. & Schult.) Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 2: 6 1832 wfo-0000251594
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Periploca arborea Dennst. Schlüssel Hortus Malab. 15 1818 wfo-0000267329
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Beaumontia wallichii (A.DC.) Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 39 1852 wfo-0000321856
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Wrightia coalita Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn Rev. Hortus Malab. 40 1839 wfo-0000334517
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Wrightia coraia Wall. ex A.DC. Prodr. 8: 407 1844 wfo-0000334520
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Wrightia hamiltoniana Wall. Numer. List 4461 1831 wfo-0000334531
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Wrightia mollissima A.DC. Prodr. 8: 406 1844 wfo-0000334549
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Wrightia mollissima Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 39 1831 wfo-0000334550
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Wrightia pubescens Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. 120 1821 wfo-0000334558
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Wrightia rheedei Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3: 1060 1834 wfo-0000334568
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Wrightia tomentosa Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 4: 414 1819 wfo-0000334584
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Wrightia wallichii A.DC. Prodr. 8: 405 1844 wfo-0000334588
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Chonemorpha vestita G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 76 1837 wfo-0000851932
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Echites tomentosus Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. 137 1821 wfo-0000947855
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Echites vestitus Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 4: 394 1819 wfo-0000947899
Wrightia candollei S.Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philipp. : 186 (1885) wfo-0000334516
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Wrightia pubescens subsp. candollei (Vidal) Ngan Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52: 153 1965 wfo-0000334560
Wrightia coccinea Sims Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2696 (1826) wfo-0000334518
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Nerium coccineum Roxb. ex Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. Suppl.: 126 1819 wfo-0000251550
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Nerium coccineum Lodd. Bot. Cab. 9: , pl. 894 1824 wfo-0001072616
Wrightia collettii Ngan Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52: 169 (1965) wfo-0000334519
Wrightia cunninghamii Benth. Fl. Austral. 4: 317 (1868) wfo-0000334521
Wrightia demartiniana Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 405 (1915) wfo-0000334524
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Piaggiaea boranensis Chiov. Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp. 159 1939 wfo-0000273265
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Piaggiaea demartiniana (Chiov.) Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 291 1932 wfo-0000273266
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Wrightia boranensis (Chiov.) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): xxx 1969 wfo-0000334513
Wrightia dolichocarpa Bahadur & Bennet Indian Forester 104: 32 (1978) wfo-0000334525

Unplaced Names ( showing unplaced names 1 to 0 of 0)

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Wrightia:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Wrightia alba Sol. ex Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 65 8 Dec 1871-13 Jan 1872 wfo-0000162341
Wrightia flavidorosea Trimen Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 54 1885 wfo-0000334527
Wrightia madagascariensis Bojer ex A.DC. Prodr. 8: 408 1844 wfo-0000334547
Wrightia nana Sol. ex Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. s 1852 [Aug 1852] wfo-0000162342
Wrightia superba Sol. ex Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 65 8 Dec 1871-13 Jan 1872 wfo-0000162343