Wrightia

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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

|image = Flower-01-KayEss-1.jpeg |image_caption = Wrightia antidysenterica |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Wrightia |authority = R.Br. |synonyms =

  • Balfouria R.Br.
  • Piaggiaea Chiov.
  • Scleranthera Pichon
  • Walidda (A.DC.) Pichon |synonyms_ref = {{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A60443770-2 |title=Plants of the World Online |accessdate=6 September 2023}} |}}

Wrightia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It native to tropical Africa, China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Australia.

The genus was named for William Wright (1735–1819), Scottish physician and botanist, by Robert Brown.

Wrightia antidysenterica has long been known in Indian Ayurvedic tradition, and is called "kuţaja" in Sanskrit.

Species

Plants of the World Online includes:

  1. Wrightia angustifolia Thwaites – Sri Lanka
  2. Wrightia annamensis Eberh. & Dubard – S China, Cambodia, Vietnam
  3. Wrightia antidysenterica (L.) R.Br. – Sri Lanka
  4. Wrightia arborea (Dennst.) Mabb. – S China, India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Indochina
  5. Wrightia calcicola D.J.Middleton – Thailand
  6. Wrightia candollei S.Vidal – Philippines
  7. Wrightia coccinea (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Sims – S China, Himalayas, Indochina
  8. Wrightia collettii Ngan – Myanmar
  9. Wrightia demartiniana Chiov. – Western Australia
  10. Wrightia dolichocarpa Bahadur & Bennet – Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya
  11. Wrightia dubia (Sims) Spreng. – W India
  12. Wrightia flavidorosea Trimen – Indochina, W Malaysia
  13. Wrightia hanleyi Elmer – Sri Lanka but extinct
  14. Wrightia indica Ngan – Palawan
  15. Wrightia karaketii D.J.Middleton – S India
  16. Wrightia kwangtungensis Tsiang – Thailand
  17. Wrightia laevis Hook.f. – S China, SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland
  18. Wrightia lanceolata Kerr – S Thailand
  19. Wrightia lecomtei Pit. – Cambodia, Vietnam
  20. Wrightia natalensis Stapf -southern Africa
  21. Wrightia novobritannica (Ngan) D.J.Middleton – New Britain
  22. Wrightia palawanensis D.J.Middleton – Palawan
  23. Wrightia poomae D.J.Middleton – Thailand
  24. Wrightia puberula (Thwaites) Ngan – Sri Lanka but extinct
  25. Wrightia pubescens R.Br. – S China, SE Asia, Papuasia, N Australia
  26. Wrightia religiosa (Teijsm. & Binn.) Benth. ex Kurz – Guangdong, Indochina, W Malaysia
  27. Wrightia saligna (R.Br.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – N Australia
  28. Wrightia siamensis D.J.Middleton – Thailand
  29. Wrightia sikkimensis Gamble – S China, E Himalayas, Vietnam
  30. Wrightia sirikitiae D.J.Middleton & Santisuk – Thailand
  31. Wrightia tinctoria (Roxb.) R.Br. – India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, Timor and Australia
  32. Wrightia tokiae D.J.Middleton – Thailand
  33. Wrightia vietnamensis Hazell & D.J.Middleton – Vietnam
  34. Wrightia viridiflora Kerr – Thailand

;formerly included

  1. Wrightia afzelii, syn of Pleioceras afzelii
  2. Wrightia bacelliana, syn of Melodinus acutiflorus
  3. Wrightia parviflora, syn of Pleioceras barteri
  4. Wrightia piscidia, syn of Melodinus cochinchinensis
  5. Wrightia stuhlmannii, syn of Alafia lucida

References

References

  1. The species are all small [[tree]]s or [[shrub]]s.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=134988 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 174 倒吊笔属 dao diao bi shu ''Wrightia'' R. Brown, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 73. 1811.]
  2. Hazell EC, Middleton DJ (2023) ''Kew Bull.'' 78(4)

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