Apocynaceae
Kopsia

Kopsia arborea Blume

First published in Catalogus: 13 (1823)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China (S. Yunnan to S. Guangdong) to Malesia, N. Queensland. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Middleton, D.J. (2004). A Revision of Kopsia (Apocynaceae: Rauvolfioideae). Harvard Papers in Botany 9: 89-142.
  • Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Middleton, D.J. (2011). Flora of peninsular Malaysia, II, 2: 1-235. Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia.
  • Middleton, D.J. (2014). Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viêt-Nam 33: 1-276. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pooma, R. (ed.) (2005). A preliminary check-list of threatened plants in Thailand: 1-193. National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Middleton, D.J. (2004). A Revision of Kopsia (Apocynaceae: Rauvolfioideae). Harvard Papers in Botany 9: 89-142.
  • Middleton, D.J. (2014). Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viêt-Nam 33: 1-276. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2011 Du, N.V., et al. [HNK 3220] Vietnam K000733065 No
Jan 1, 2011 Pooma, R., et al. [4889] Thailand K000733089 No
Jul 16, 2004 Fidilis; Sumbing [SAN 125656] Malaysia K000227757 No
Jan 1, 2003 McClure, F.A. [9183] China K000852954 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 2003 Fénix, E. [28232] Philippines K000852937 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2003 Borden, T.E. [611] Philippines K000852936 Isotype Yes
Walker, J.S.; Cahill, A.J. [DB039] Indonesia K:SPC-73332.000 No
Chase, M.W. [41001] United States Kopsia pruniformis K000696106 No
Jan 1, 2001 Pierre, L. [32] Vietnam Kopsia pitardii K000852953 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images