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Cleghornia

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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.

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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Cleghornia, and connects out to China, Vietnam and Thailand.

It is catalogued under topics including Apocynaceae genera and Apocyneae.

Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. FamilyApocynaceae
Native toChina South-Central, Laos, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
7
With media
7
Family
Apocynaceae
Collections
K, MNHN
Recorded in
Indonesia

Wikidata facts

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taxon
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Cleghornia acuminata.jpg
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taxon name
Cleghornia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Cleghornia
Commons category
Cleghornia
taxon common name
金平藤属
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Encyclopedic overview

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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.

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

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