''Cleghornia'' is a genus of plants in the family
Apocynaceae; its various species are distributed in
Borneo,
China
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Laos
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Malaysia,
Sri Lanka
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Thailand, and
Vietnam.
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The genus name was chosen in dedication to Dr. Hugh Cleghorn,[
* '']Cleghornia acuminata
''Cleghornia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae; its various species are distributed in Borneo, China, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Repub ...
'' Wight - Sri Lanka
* ''Cleghornia malaccensis
''Cleghornia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae; its various species are distributed in Borneo, China, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The genus name was chosen in dedication to Dr. Hugh Cleghorn, the ''"father ...
'' (Hook.f.) King & Gamble - Guizhou, Yunnan, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, W Malaysia
;formerly included
* ''C. borneensis'' King & Gamble = ''Anodendron borneense
''Anodendron'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to most of tropical Asia: China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and some islands of the western Pacific.Middleton, ...
'' (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton
* ''C. chinensis'' (Merr.) P.T.Li = ''Sindechites chinensis
''Sindechites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to southern China, Laos, and Thailand.
;Species
* '' Sindechites chinensis'' (Merr.) Markgr. & Tsiang - Hainan, Laos, Tha ...
'' (Merr.) Markgr. & Tsiang
* ''C. cymosa'' Wight = ''Cleghornia acuminata
''Cleghornia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae; its various species are distributed in Borneo, China, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Repub ...
'' Wight
* ''C. dongnaiensis'' Pierre ''ex'' Pit. = ''Cleghornia malaccensis
''Cleghornia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae; its various species are distributed in Borneo, China, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The genus name was chosen in dedication to Dr. Hugh Cleghorn, the ''"father ...
'' (Hook.f.) King & Gamble
* ''C. gracilis'' King & Gamble = ''Anodendron gracile
''Anodendron'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to most of tropical Asia: China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and some islands of the western Pacific.Middleton, ...
'' (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton
* ''C. henryi'' (Oliv.) P.T.Li = ''Sindechites henryi
''Sindechites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to southern China, Laos, and Thailand.
;Species
* '' Sindechites chinensis'' (Merr.) Markgr. & Tsiang - Hainan, Laos, Tha ...
'' Oliv.
References
External links
Genus account at Flora of China
Apocynaceae genera
Apocyneae
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