Cascabela thevetioides

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Plumerieae
Subtribus: Thevetiinae
Genus: Cascabela
Species: Cascabela thevetioides
Name

Cascabela thevetioides (Kunth) Lippold, Feddes Repert. 91: 53 (1980)
Synonyms

Basionym
Cerbera thevetioides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 223 (1819)
Homotypic
Thevetia neriifolia Juss. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 343 (1844).
Thevetia humboldtii Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 533 (1845), nom. illeg.
Thevetia thevetia (L.) H.Karst., Deut. Fl.: 1035 (1883), not validly publ.
Thevetia thevetioides (Kunth) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 159 (1895).
Heterotypic
Cerbera peruviana Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 267 (1805).
Cerbera linearifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 490 (1812).
Cascabela peruviana (Pers.) Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 162 (1838).
Thevetia linearis Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 91 (1838).
Thevetia yccotli A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 343 (1844).
Thevetia yccotli var. glabra A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 343 (1844).
Thevetia neriifolia var. hirsuta Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 28 (1860).
Thevetia neriifolia var. leucantha Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 27 (1860).
Thevetia neriifolia var. pubescens Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 27 (1860).
Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 159 (1895).
Thevetia peruviana f. aurantiaca H.St.John, Phytologia 34: 148 (1976).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional:Mexico
Mexico (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Lippold, H. 1980. Feddes Repertorium 91(1–2): 53.
Alvarado-Cárdenas, L.O. & Ochoterena, H. 2007. A phylogenetic analysis of the Cascabela–Thevetia species complex (Plumerieae, Apocynaceae) based on morphology. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94(2): 298-323. DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[298:APAOTC]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
Alvarado-Cárdenas, L.O., Villaseñor, J.L., López-Mata, L., Cadena, J. & Ortiz, E. 2017. Systematics, distribution and conservation of Cascabela (Apocynaceae: Rauvolfioideae: Plumerieae) in Mexico. Plant Systematics and Evolution 303(3): 337-369. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-016-1375-6 Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Cascabela thevetioides in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Cascabela thevetioides. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 10 2017.