Alstonia_costata

<i>Alstonia costata</i>

Alstonia costata

Species of plant

Alstonia costata, synonyms including Alstonia marquisensis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Solomon Islands in Papuasia and to islands in the south Pacific.[1] It was first described by Georg Forster in 1786 as Echites costatus.[2] It grows as a shrub or tree.[1]

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Distribution

Alstonia costata is native to the Solomon Islands in Papuasia; the Cook Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Society Islands in the south-central Pacific; and Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, the Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu in the south-western Pacific.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Alstonia costata (G.Forst.) R.Br.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-02-05
  2. [2]
    "Alstonia costata (G.Forst.) R.Br.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-02-05


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