Apocynaceae
Plumeria
First published in Sp. Pl.: 210 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Florida Keys, Caribbean, SE. Mexico to Guatemala. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
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Distribution
Native to:
Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Southeast, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is.
Introduced into:
Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Gilbert Is., Hainan, Line Is., Marianas, Marshall Is.
Synonyms
hom*otypic Synonyms
- Plumeria obtusa var. typica Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 212 (1938), not validly publ.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Plumeria apiculata Urb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 36 (1919)
- Plumeria bahamensis Urb. in Symb. Antill. 1: 387 (1899)
- Plumeria barahonensis Urb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 341 (1916)
- Plumeria beatensis Urb. in Dansk Bot. Ark. 4(7): 9 (1924)
- Plumeria bicolor Seem. in Bot. Voy. Herald: 168 (1854)
- Plumeria casildensis Urb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 218 (1925)
- Plumeria cayensis Urb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 218 (1925)
- Plumeria confusa Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 505 (1915)
- Plumeria cuneifolia Helwig in Ark. Bot. 22A(10): 44 (1929)
- Plumeria emarginata var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) M.Gómez in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 273 (1894)
- Plumeria estrellensis Urb. in Symb. Antill. 9: 240 (1924)
- Plumeria hypoleuca Gasp. in Ann. Civili Regno Due Sicilie 1: 122 (1833)
- Plumeria inaguensis Britton in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 4481 (1905)
- Plumeria jamaicensis Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 356 (1910), nom. illeg.
- Plumeria marchii Urb. in Symb. Antill. 3: 334 (1902)
- Plumeria multiflora Standl. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 33 (1930)
- Plumeria nipensis Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 505 (1915)
- Plumeria nivea Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768)
- Plumeria obtusa var. laevis Griseb. in Pl. Wright. 2: 519 (1862)
- Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 214 (1938)
- Plumeria ostenfeldii Urb. in Dansk Bot. Ark. 4(7): 8 (1924)
- Plumeria parvifolia Donn in Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 6: 64 (1811)
- Plumeria portoricensis Urb. in Symb. Antill. 1: 387 (1899)
- Plumeria sericifolia C.Wright ex Griseb. in Cat. Pl. Cub.: 171 (1866)
- Plumeria tenorei Gazparr. in Ann. Civili Regno Due Sicilie 1: 123 (1833)
- Plumeria tuberculata subsp. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Borhidi in Bot. Közlem. 62: 26 (1975)
- Plumeria versicolor Dehnh. in Cat. Pl. Horti Camald., ed. 2: 23 (1832)
Classification
- Kingdom Plantae
- Phylum Tracheophyta
- Class Equisetopsida
- Subclass Magnoliidae
- Order
Gentianales
- Family
Apocynaceae
- Genus
Plumeria
- Species
Plumeria obtusa
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Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Morales, J.F. (2009). Estudios en las Apocynaceae neotropicales XXXIX: revisión de las Apocynoideae y Rauvolfioideae de Honduras. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 66: 217-262.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Flora of the Cayman Islands
- L., Sp. Pl. 1: 210 (1753).
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Fosberg, F.R. & Sachet, M.-H. (1987). Flora of the Gilbert Island, Kiribati, Checklist. Atoll Research Bulletin 295: 1-33.
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
- Wester, L. (1985). Checklist of the vascular plants of the Northern Line Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 287: 1-38.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 54 (1949). .
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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| s.coll. [321] Puerto Rico | K000587735 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
| Wright, C. [1382] Cuba | K000587737 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
| Wright, C. [2951] Cuba | K000587731 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
| Wright, C. Cuba | K000587736 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
| Wright, C. [2953] Cuba | K000587729 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
| Harris, W. [9309] Jamaica | K000587730 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [472] Bahamas, The | K000587728 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
| March, [Mr] [1820] Jamaica | K000587734 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
| Rugel, F. [318] Cuba | Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia | K000587733 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | |
| Wright, C. [2952] Cuba | Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia | K000587732 | Unknown Type Material | Yes |
Sources
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Flora of the Cayman Islands
- Flora of the Cayman Islands
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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
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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
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