Apocynaceae
Boucerosia

Boucerosia umbellata (Haw.) Wight & Arn.

First published in Contr. Bot. India: 34 (1834)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to Myanmar. It is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Caralluma umbellata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gamble, J.S. [15202] India K001419237 Isoneotype No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8147] India K001129082 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000911087 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000911090 Type Yes
Wight, R. [1519] India K000911091 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000911085 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000911093 Type Yes
Wight, R. [2208] India K000911086 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000911095 Type Yes
Wight, R. [1519] India K000911092 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8147] K001129080 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8147] K001129079 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000911089 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dalzell, N., A. [s.n.] India K000911088 Type Yes
Wight, R. [1939] India K000911094 Holotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8147] India K001129081 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images