Cleghornia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Apocyneae
Subtribus: Apocyinae
Genus: Cleghornia
Species: C. acuminata – C. malaccensis
Name

Cleghornia Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1310, 1312 (1848)

Type species: Cleghornia acuminata Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1310 (1848)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Giadotrum Pichon, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 300 (1948)

References

Wight, R. 1848. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 4(2): 5.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Cleghornia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Oct. 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Cleghornia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 9 2016. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Cleghornia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 Oct. 2016. Reference page.
Cleghornia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. It includes two species, which are native to Borneo, China, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.[5]

The genus name was chosen in dedication to Dr. Hugh Cleghorn,[6] the "father of scientific forestry in India".[7]

Species[5]

Cleghornia acuminata Wight - Sri Lanka
Cleghornia malaccensis (Hook.f.) King & Gamble - Guizhou, Yunnan, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, W Malaysia

formerly included

C. borneensis King & Gamble = Anodendron borneense (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton
C. chinensis (Merr.) P.T.Li = Sindechites chinensis (Merr.) Markgr. & Tsiang
C. cymosa Wight = Cleghornia acuminata Wight
C. dongnaiensis Pierre ex Pit. = Cleghornia malaccensis (Hook.f.) King & Gamble
C. gracilis King & Gamble = Anodendron gracile (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton
C. henryi (Oliv.) P.T.Li = Sindechites henryi Oliv.

References

Two species were published at the same time in 1848 under the then newly coined name of Cleghornia in Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 4(2): 5. 1848.; C. acuminata and C. cymosa "Name - Cleghornia Wight". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
"Name - Cleghornia Wight subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
illustration by Govindoo, published in Wight, R., Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, vol. 4(2): t. 1310 (1846)
"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 21, 2014.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
(conducted by) P.J.Selby, Esq., F.L.S.; George Johnston, M.D.; Charles C. Babington, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S.; J.H.Balfour, M.D., Prof. Bot. Edinburgh & Richard Taylor, F.L.S., F.G.S. (1850). "Proceedings of the Royal Society ; Zoological Society ; Botanical Society of Edinburgh" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. VI (2nd Series). London: R. and J.E.Taylor: 142. Retrieved July 13, 2011. "...Cleghornia, a new genus of Apocynaceæ, named by Dr. Wight, in honour of Dr. Hugh Cleghorn"
Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1899). "The Hill Forests of Western India". Journal of the Society of Arts. 47. Covent Garden, London: George Bell and Sons: 735. Retrieved July 13, 2011.