''Cleghornia'' is a genus of plants in the family

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 ...

; its various species are distributed in

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

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Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

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, and

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/ref> The genus name was chosen in dedication to Dr. Hugh Cleghorn, the ''"father of scientific forestry in India"''. ;Species * ''

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 = ''

'' Wight * ''C. dongnaiensis'' Pierre ''ex'' Pit. = ''

'' (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 ...

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References

External links

Genus account at Flora of China
Apocynaceae genera Apocyneae {{Apocynaceae-stub