Carissa

Carissa carandas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Carisseae
Genus: Carissa
Species: C. bispinosa – C. boiviniana – C. carandas – C. haematocarpa – C. macrocarpa – C. pichoniana – C. spinarum – C. tetramera

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Carissa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Jan 24. Reference page.

Name

Carissa L. (1767), nom. cons.

• Type species: Carissa carandas L.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Arduina sect. Carissa (Mill. ex L.) K.Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 126. 1895 [1].
  • Carandas Adans., Fam. 2: 171, 532. 1763, nom. rej.
  • Carissa sect. Eucarissa F.Muell., Fragm. 4: 45. 1864 [2], nom. nud.

• Heterotypic
  • Antura Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 63. 1775.
    • Type species: Antura edulis Forssk.
  • Arduina Mill. ex L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 2: 136, 180; Mant. 7. 52. 1767, nom. illeg. non Adans. (1763), nom. rej.
    • Arduina sect. Euarduina (Mill. ex L.) K.Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 126. 1895 [3].
    • Carissa sect. Arduina (Mill. ex L.) A.DC. in DC., Prodr. 8: 334. 1844 [4], as "Arduinia".
    • Type species: Arduina bispinosa L.
  • Jasminonerium Wolf, Gen. Pl. 57. 1776; Gen. Sp. 132. 1781.
    • Type species: non design.

References

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. 2009 Aug 23 [5].

• Farr, E. R. and Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Aug 24 [6].
• Linnaeus, C. 1767: Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 2: 189.

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