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Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...
. It contains at present 106
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Alyxia stellata ''Alyxia stellata'', known as ''maile'' in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, ''Apocynaceae'', that is native to Hawaii. It grows as either a twining liana, scandent shrub, or small erect shrub, and is one of the f ...
'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be
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es, and are need of further study. It consists of shrubby, climbing or scrambling plants. This genus occurs in
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s. There are 14 species in Australia, 21 in New Caledonia and 7 in the other Pacific Islands, including
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.Middleton (2000, 2001) The
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is axillary or terminal with solitary flowers or simple cymes. Flowers consist of five petals and five sepals. The flowers have a slender tube which expands abruptly. The stamens have short filaments and are inserted in the upper half of the corolla. The fruit is a pair of
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s, originating from each flower.
Dysentery bush Dysentery bush is a common name for several Australian plants and may refer to: *''Alyxia buxifolia'' *''Grewia latifolia'', endemic to Northern and Eastern Australia *''Grewia retusifolia ''Grewia retusifolia'' is a shrub species in the family ...
('' A. buxifolia'') is used in
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and was made into a patented remedy by
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Maile ''Alyxia stellata'', known as ''maile'' in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, ''Apocynaceae'', that is native to Hawaii. It grows as either a twining liana, scandent shrub, or small erect shrub, and is one of the f ...
'' (''A. oliviformis''),
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to the Hawaiian Islands, has sweet-smelling leaves and is much used for lei; formerly it was reserved for '' alii'' (
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decoration on the islands. ''Maile'' also provides food for ''
Thyrocopa ''Thyrocopa'' is a genus of moths in the family Xyloryctidae endemic to Hawaii. The taxon has approximately forty species, including some flightless species.
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s and belid
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s of the genus '' Proterhinus''. Alyxia spp. are also used in
Jamu Jamu ( Van Ophuijsen Spelling: Djamoe; Javanese: ) is a traditional medicine from Indonesia. It is predominantly a herbal medicine made from natural materials, such as roots, bark, flowers, seeds, leaves and fruits. Materials acquired from a ...
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Species

The following is a list of ''Alyxia'' species accepted by
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as at September 2021: * '' Alyxia acuminata''
K.Schum. Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist. Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deut ...
(New Guinea) * '' Alyxia angustifolia''
Ridl. Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG (1911), MA (Oxon), FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. (10 December 1855 – 24 October 1956) was an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees ...
(Malaysia, Philippines) * '' Alyxia angustissima''
Merr. Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through ...
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Quisumb. Eduardo Quisumbíng y Argüelles (Filipino: ''Eduardo Argüelles Quisumbing''; November 11, 1895, Santa Cruz, Laguna – August 23, 1986, Quezon City) was a Filipino biologist, a leading authority of plants in the Philippines. Education He ear ...
(Philippines) * ''
Alyxia annamensis ''Alyxia'' is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but ''Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of ...
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Pit. Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard, name sometimes given as Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard-Briau (30 October 1873 – 29 December 1927) was a French pharmacist and botanist. In 1899 he obtained his doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Bordeau ...
(Indo-China) * '' Alyxia arfakensis'' Kaneh. & Hatus. (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia baillonii''
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(New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia balansae'' Pit. (China, Vietnam) * '' Alyxia bracteolosa'' Rich. ex
A.Gray Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His '' Darwiniana'' was considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exc ...
(south-west Pacific Ocean) * ''
Alyxia buxifolia ''Alyxia buxifolia'', otherwise known as the sea box or dysentery bush, is a species of evergreen shrub in the family Apocynaceae. ''Alyxia buxifolia'' has medium to dark green foliage consisting of small, fleshy leaves. The flowers are small a ...
'' R.Br. – dysentery bush, sea box (South Australia) * '' Alyxia cacuminum''
Markgr. Friedrich Markgraf (1 February 1897 in Berlin-Friedenau – 8 March 1987 in Zurich) was a German botanist. Life and work After secondary school, Markgraf studied biology at the Friedrich Wilhelm University Berlin. In 1922 he was awarded a ...
(New Guinea) * '' Alyxia caletioides'' (
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on ...
) Guillaumin
(New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia celebica'' D.J.Middleton (Sulawesi) * ''
Alyxia clusiophylla ''Alyxia'' is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but ''Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of ...
'' (Baill.) Guillaumin (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia composita''
Warb. Otto Warburg (20 July 1859 – 10 January 1938) was a German-Jewish botanist. He was also a notable industrial agriculture expert, and president of the Zionist Organization from 1911 to 1921. Biography Otto Warburg was born in Hamburg on 20 ...
(New Guinea) * '' Alyxia concatenata'' (
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(Philippines) * '' Alyxia cylindrocarpa'' Guillaumin (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia defoliata'' Markgr. (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia efatensis'' Guillaumin (Vanuatu) * '' Alyxia erythrosperma'' Gillespie (Fiji) * '' Alyxia evansii'' D.J.Middleton (Northern Territory) * '' Alyxia fascicularis'' (
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G.Don George Don (29 April 1798 – 25 February 1856) was a Scottish botanist and plant collector. Life and career George Don was born at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland on 29 April 1798 to Caroline Clementina Stuart and George Don (b.1756), p ...
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(India, Thailand) * '' Alyxia floribunda'' Markgr. (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia funingensis'' Tsiang & P.T.Li (China, Myanmar) * '' Alyxia ganophylla'' Markgr. (Malaysia, Borneo) * '' Alyxia glaucophylla'' Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia globosa'' D.J.Middleton (Sulawesi) * '' Alyxia graciliflora'' D.J.Middleton (Papua New Guinea) * ''
Alyxia gracilis ''Alyxia'' is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but ''Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of ...
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A.DC. Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (28 October 18064 April 1893) was a French-Swiss botanist, the son of the Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Biography De Candolle, son of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, first devot ...
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(India, Bangladesh) * '' Alyxia grandis''
P.I.Forst. Paul Irwin Forster (born 1961) is an Australian botanist. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Queensland in 2004 with his thesis ''The pursuit of plants : studies on the systematics, ecology and chemistry of the vascular flora of A ...
(Queensland) * '' Alyxia gynopogon''
Roem. Johann Jacob Roemer (8 January 1763, Zurich – 15 January 1819) was a physician and professor of botany in Zurich, Switzerland. He was also an entomologist. With Austrian botanist Joseph August Schultes, he published the 16th edition of Carl ...
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Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together with ...
) * '' Alyxia hainanensis''
Merr. Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through ...
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(China, Vietnam) * '' Alyxia halmaheirae''
Miq. Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (24 October 1811 – 23 January 1871) was a Dutch botanist, whose main focus of study was on the flora of the Dutch East Indies. Early life Miquel was born in Neuenhaus and studied medicine at the University of Groni ...
(Sulawesi to Maluku) * '' Alyxia hurlimannii'' Guillaumin (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia ilicifolia''
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(Queensland) * '' Alyxia kaalaensis'' Boiteau (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia kabaenae'' Markgr. (Sulawesi) * '' Alyxia kendarica'' Markgr. (Sulawesi) * '' Alyxia kwalotabaa'' D.J.Middleton (
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) * '' Alyxia lackii'' D.J.Middleton (Sulawesi) * '' Alyxia lamii'' Markgr. (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia laurina'' Gaudich. (New Guinea) * ''
Alyxia leucogyne ''Alyxia'' is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but ''Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of ...
'' Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia linearis'' Markgr. (Philippines) * '' Alyxia loeseneriana'' Schltr. (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia longiloba'' D.J.Middleton (Papua New Guinea) * '' Alyxia luzonensis'' Merr. (Philippines) * '' Alyxia magnifolia'' F.M.Bailey (Queensland) * '' Alyxia manusiana'' D.J.Middleton (Bismarck Archipelago) * '' Alyxia margaretae'' Boiteau (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia marginata''
Pit. Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard, name sometimes given as Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard-Briau (30 October 1873 – 29 December 1927) was a French pharmacist and botanist. In 1899 he obtained his doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Bordeau ...
(Cambodia, Vietnam) * '' Alyxia markgrafii'' Tsiang (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia menglungensis'' Tsiang & P.T.Li (China) * '' Alyxia microphylla'' Markgr. (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia minutiflora'' D.J.Middleton (Sulawesi) * '' Alyxia monticola''
C.B.Rob. Charles Budd Robinson, Jr. (October 26, 1871 – December 5, 1913) was a Canadian botanist and explorer. The standard author abbreviation C.B.Rob. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name. Early life Born in ...
(Taiwan, Philippines) * '' Alyxia mucronata'' D.J.Middleton (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia muguma'' D.J.Middleton (Philippines) * '' Alyxia mujongensis'' Markgr. (Borneo) * '' Alyxia multistriata'' Markgr. (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia nathoi'' Trân Ðinh Lý * '' Alyxia oblongata''
Domin Karel Domin (4 May 1882, Kutná Hora, Kingdom of Bohemia – 10 June 1953, Prague) was a Czech botanist and politician. After gymnasium school studies in Příbram, he studied botany at the Charles University in Prague, and graduated in 1906 ...
(New Guinea, Queensland) * '' Alyxia obovatifolia'' Merr. (Philippines) * '' Alyxia oleifolia''
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(Malesia) * '' Alyxia oppositifolia'' Boiteau (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia orophila'' Domin (Queensland) * '' Alyxia oubatchensis'' (
Schltr. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America a ...
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Guill. Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemin (20 January 1796 in Pouilly-sur-Saône – 15 January 1842 in Montpellier) was a French botanist. He studied at the municipal college in Seurre, where he was considered one of the most distinguished pupils. U ...
ex Boiteau
(New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia palawanensis'' Markgr. (Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi) * '' Alyxia papuana'' D.J.Middleton (Papua New Guinea) * '' Alyxia parvifolia'' (Merr.) Merr. (Philippines) * '' Alyxia pilosa'' Miq. (Malaysia) * ''
Alyxia podocarpa ''Alyxia'' is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but ''Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of ...
'' Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia poyaensis'' (Boiteau) D.J.Middleton (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia pseudosinensis'' Pit. (Indo-China) * '' Alyxia pugio'' Markgr. (Papua New Guinea) * '' Alyxia pullei'' Markgr. (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia punctata'' Kaneh. & Hatus. (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia purpureoclada'' Kaneh. & Hatus. (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia racemosa'' Pit. (Vietnam) * '' Alyxia reinwardtii'' Blume (China, Philippines, Bali) * '' Alyxia ridleyana'' Wernham (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia rostrata'' Markgr. (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia royeniana'' Wernham (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia rubricaulis''
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Guimaumin
(New Caledonia) * ''
Alyxia ruscifolia ''Alyxia ruscifolia'', commonly known as the chainfruit or prickly alyxia, is a shrub of high rainfall areas in eastern Australia. The natural range of distribution is from Wollongong in New South Wales to the Wet Tropics and further north to N ...
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Alyxia sarasini ''Alyxia'' is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but ''Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of ...
'' Guimaumin (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia scabrida'' Markgr. (Papua New Guinea) * '' Alyxia schlechteri'' H.Lév. (China, Thailand) * '' Alyxia semipallescens'' F. Muell. (New Guinea) * ''
Alyxia siamensis ''Alyxia'' is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but ''Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of ...
'' Craib (China, Indo-China) * ''
Alyxia sinensis ''Alyxia sinensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, that is native to China, Vietnam and Taiwan. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process ...
'' Champ. ex Benth. (China, Vietnam, Taiwan) * '' Alyxia sleumeri'' Markgr. (New Guinea) * ''
Alyxia sogerensis ''Alyxia'' is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but ''Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of ...
'' Wernham ex
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(New Guinea) * '' Alyxia solomonensis'' D.J.Middleton (Solomon Islands) * '' Alyxia spicata'' R.Br. * '' Alyxia squamulosa''
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Alyxia stellata ''Alyxia stellata'', known as ''maile'' in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, ''Apocynaceae'', that is native to Hawaii. It grows as either a twining liana, scandent shrub, or small erect shrub, and is one of the f ...
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Roem. Johann Jacob Roemer (8 January 1763, Zurich – 15 January 1819) was a physician and professor of botany in Zurich, Switzerland. He was also an entomologist. With Austrian botanist Joseph August Schultes, he published the 16th edition of Carl ...
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Schult. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
* '' Alyxia sulana'' Markgr. (Sulawesi, Maluku) * '' Alyxia tetanifolia''
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(Western Australia) * '' Alyxia tetraquetra'' Markgr. (New Guinea) * '' Alyxia thailandica'' D.J.Middleton (Thailand) * ''
Alyxia tisserantii ''Alyxia'' is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but ''Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of ...
'' Montrouz. (New Caledonia) * '' Alyxia torquata''
Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on ...
Guimaumin
(New Caledonia) * ''
Alyxia tropica ''Alyxia'' is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but ''Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of ...
'' (P.I.Forst.) D.J.Middleton (Northern Territory) * '' Alyxia uniflora'' D.J.Middleton (Sulawesi) * '' Alyxia veillonii'' D.J.Middleton (New Caledonia) * ''
Alyxia vera ''Alyxia'' is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but ''Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of ...
'' D.J.Middleton (Maluku)


References

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