Tabernaemontana alternifolia is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to India.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Tabernaemontana |
| Species: | T. alternifolia
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| Tabernaemontana alternifolia | |
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Taxonomy edit
The name Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. has often been used for this species, and a proposal was made to conserve that name so that it would be used instead of T. alternifolia.[2] Arguments made for conservation were that the type of the species was not a specimen but an illustration, and that the plant has opposite leaves, not alternate leaves as alternifolia implies.[2] However, the proposal was rejected, and the correct name of this species is the original name, T. alternifolia.[3]
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Ripe fruit
References edit
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- ^ a b Middleton, D.; Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1998). "(1355) Proposal to conserve the name Tabernaemontana heyneana (Apocynaceae)". Taxon. 47 (2): 481–482. doi:10.2307/1223795. JSTOR 1223795.
- ^ Brummitt, R.K. (2000). "Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 49". Taxon. 49 (2): 261–278. doi:10.2307/1223840. JSTOR 1223840.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Tabernaemontana heyneana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T35327A9927070. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35327A9927070.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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