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* ''[[Cerbera odollam]]'' {{au|[[Joseph Gaertner|Gaertn.]]}} - Indian subcontinent, mainland Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia and numerous Pacific islands |
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* ''Cerbera obovata'' <small>[[Johann Jacob Roemer|Roem.]] & [[Josef August Schultes|Schult.]]</small>, now ''[[Craspidospermum|Craspidospermum verticillatum]]'' <small>[[Wenceslaus Bojer|Bojer]] ex [[Joseph Decaisne|Decne.]]</small>{{R|POWO2}} |
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*''Cerbera oppositifolia'' {{au|[[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lam.]]}}, now ''[[Ochrosia oppositifolia]]'' <small>(Lam.) K.Schum.</small>{{R|POWO3}} |
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<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60436653-2 |title=''Cerbera'' L. |website=[[Plants of the World Online]] |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |access-date=6 September 2023}}</ref> |
<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60436653-2 |title=''Cerbera'' L. |website=[[Plants of the World Online]] |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |access-date=6 September 2023}}</ref> |
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<ref name="POWO2">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77911-1 |title=''Cerbera obovata'' Roem. & Schult. |website=[[Plants of the World Online]] |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |access-date=6 September 2023}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:28, 6 September 2023
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rauvolfioideae |
| Tribe: | Plumerieae |
| Subtribe: | Thevetiinae |
| Genus: | Cerbera L., 1753 |
| Type species | |
| Cerbera manghas L., 1753
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Cerbera is a genus of evergreen trees or shrubs, native to tropical Asia, Australia, Madagascar, and various islands in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2][3][4]
Three trees of this genus are mangroves, Cerbera floribunda, Cerbera manghas and Cerbera odollam.
Description
The leaves are alternate and lack interpetiolar stipules. The tubular corollas are actinomorphic, i.e. they are symmetric and can be divided in halves along any diameter. All trees contain a white latex. The fruits are drupes.
The genus is named after Cerberus because all its parts are poisonous : they contain cerberin, a cardiac glycoside, a substance that blocks electric impulses in the body (including the beating of the heart). Therefore, it is advised to avoid using wood from Cerbera species due to their toxicity, and as their smoke may cause lethal poisoning.
The genus is related to Cerberiopsis,[5] endemic to New Caledonia.
Species
The following is a list of all six species in this genus that are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of 6 September 2023[update] [6]
- Cerbera dumicola P.I.Forst. - Queensland
- Cerbera floribunda K.Schum. - Sulawesi, Maluku, Caroline Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Queensland.
- Cerbera inflata S.T. Blake - New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Queensland.
- Cerbera laeta Leeuwenb. - New Guinea
- Cerbera manghas L. - Tanzania, Madagascar, the Indian subcontinent, mainland Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, northern Australia and numerous Pacific islands
- Cerbera odollam Gaertn. - Indian subcontinent, mainland Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia and numerous Pacific islands
Formerly included here
- Cerbera obovata Roem. & Schult., now Craspidospermum verticillatum Bojer ex Decne.[7]
- Cerbera oppositifolia Lam., now Ochrosia oppositifolia (Lam.) K.Schum.[8]
References
- ^ 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
- ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- ^ Forster, P. I. (1992). "A taxonomic revision of Cerbera L. (Apocynaceae) in Australia and Papuasia". Austrobaileya. 3 (4): 569–579.
- ^ Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1999). "Series of revisions of Apocynaceae XLVII. The genus Cerbera L". Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 98–3: 1–64.
- ^ Potgieter, K., and V. A. Albert. (2001) Phylogenetic Relationships within Apocynaceae S.l. Based on trnL Intron and trnL-F Spacer Sequences and Propagule Characters.” Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88 (4): 523–49.
- ^ "Cerbera L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Cerbera obovata Roem. & Schult". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Cerbera oppositifolia Lam". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
Gallery
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Cerbera manghas tree in Hong Kong, early June. -
Cerbera manghas flowers
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