Taxon: Strophanthus divaricatus (Lour.) Hook. & Arn.

 
Genus: Strophanthus
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Wrightieae
Nomen number: 35802
Place of publication: Bot. Beechey Voy. 199. 1837
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 23-ene-2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 23-ene-2012
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)
  • Medicines: folklore (fide F ChinaEng)
  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Leafl Hong Kong Herb 6:1. 2002)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Asia-Temperate
    • CHINA: China [Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan]

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDO-CHINA: Laos, Vietnam


    Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

  1. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
  2. Li, P. T. 2002. The five most poisonous plants in Hong Kong Leafl. Hong Kong Herb. 6:1.
  3. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Strophanthus divaricatus (Lour.) Hook. & Arn. :

  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=35802. Accessed 13 junio 2026.