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Details for: PI 45748,
Acokanthera oblongifolia
(Hochst.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex B. D. Jacks.
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Acokanthera oblongifolia
(Hochst.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex B. D. Jacks.
Origin:
Collected – Al Qāhirah, Egypt
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
05 Jan 1918
PI Assigned:
1918
Inventory Volume:
54
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Acokanthera oblongifolia
(Hochst.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex B. D. Jacks.
Origin:
Collected – Al Qāhirah, Egypt
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
05 Jan 1918
PI Assigned:
1918
Source History
Collected
Al Qāhirah, Egypt
Collector(s):
Walsingham, F.G., Horticultural Section
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Acokanthera oblongifolia
(Hochst.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex B. D. Jacks.
Genus:
Acokanthera
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:
Carisseae
Nomen number:
102583
Place of publication:
Index kew. 2:1262. 1895 (Gen. pl. 2:696. 1876, nom. inval.)
Protologue link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42403109
Verified:
04/23/2020
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Carissa oblongifolia
Hochst.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Acokanthera spectabilis
(Sond.) Hook. f.
Toxicophlaea spectabilis
Sond.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
African wintersweet
1
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1174.
English
dune-poisonbush
1
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
English
Hottentot's-poison
1
Palmer, E. & N. Pitman.
1972-1973. Trees of southern Africa.
English
poison-arrow-plant
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
wintersweet
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
German
afrikanisches Schöngift
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1174.
Swedish
vintersöta
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received:
13 Dec 1995, from
Acokanthera spectabilis
(Sond.) Hook. f. to
Acokanthera oblongifolia
(Hochst.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex B. D. Jacks.
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