Urceola (plant)

Urceola is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1798. It is native to China, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea.[1]

Urceola
Urceola elastica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Apocyneae
Genus: Urceola
Roxb. (1798), nom. cons.
Synonyms[1]
  • Aganonerion Pierre ex Spire (1906)
  • Chavannesia A.DC. (1844)
  • Chunechites Tsiang (1937)
  • Cudicia Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn (1839)
  • Dendrocharis Miq. (1857)
  • Ecdysanthera Hook. & Arn. (1837)
  • Hymenolophus Boerl. (1900)
  • Parabarium Pierre ex Spire (1905)
  • Parameria Benth. (1876)
  • Parameriopsis Pichon (1948)
  • Pezisicarpus Vernet (1904)
  • Xylinabaria Pierre (1898)
  • Xylinabariopsis Pit. (1933)

Species

21 species are currently accepted:[1]

  1. Urceola brachysepala Hook.f. - Borneo, Java, W Malaysia, Sumatra, Philippines
  2. Urceola densiflora (Oliv.) D.J.Middleton & Livsh. – Peninsula Malaysia (Penang) and Sumatra
  3. Urceola elastica Roxb. - Borneo, Java, W Malaysia, Sumatra
  4. Urceola huaitingii (Chun & Tsiang) D.J.Middleton - Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
  5. Urceola javanica (Blume) Boerl. - Borneo, Java, Maluku, Sumatra, Sulawesi, New Guinea
  6. Urceola laevigata (Juss.) D.J.Middleton & Livsh. – China (southern Yunnan and southern Guangxi), Indochina, and Malesia
  7. Urceola laevis (Elmer) Merr. - Palawan, Sabah, Sulawesi
  8. Urceola lakhimpurensis (S.K.Srivast. & Mehrotra) Karthik. & Moorthy - Assam
  9. Urceola latifolia (Pierre ex Spire) D.J.Middleton - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  10. Urceola lucida (A.DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Kurz - Myanmar, Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra
  11. Urceola malayana D.J.Middleton - Cameron Highlands of W Malaysia
  12. Urceola micrantha (Wall. ex G.Don) D.J.Middleton - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan, Ryukyu Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, W Malaysia
  13. Urceola minutiflora (Pierre) D.J.Middleton - Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  14. Urceola napeensis (Quint.) D.J.Middleton - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi
  15. Urceola polymorpha (Pierre ex Spire) D.J.Middleton & Livsh. – Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam
  16. Urceola polyneura (Hook.f.) D.J.Middleton & Livsh. – southern Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo
  17. Urceola quintaretii (Pierre) D.J.Middleton - Laos, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi
  18. Urceola rosea (Hook. & Arn.) D.J.Middleton - Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, W Malaysia, Java, Sumatra, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan
  19. Urceola torulosa Hook.f. - W Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
  20. Urceola tournieri (Pierre) D.J.Middleton - Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  21. Urceola xylinabariopsoides (Tsiang) D.J.Middleton - Hainan, Vietnam

References
  1. Urceola Roxb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
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