Ochrosia
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Ochrosia is a genus of flowering plant
in the milkweed
family, Apocynaceae
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Species include:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the milkweed
Asclepias
Asclepias L. , the milkweeds, is a genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous plants that contains over 140 known species...
family, Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae
The Apocynaceae or dogbane family is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, and lianas.Many species are tall trees found in tropical rainforests, and most are from the tropics and subtropics, but some grow in tropical dry, xeric environments. There are also perennial herbs...
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Species include:
- Ochrosia ackeringaeOchrosia ackeringaeOchrosia ackeringae is a species of flowering plant in the Apocynaceae family that is found in the Malesian region. The specific epithet honours the collector of one of the syntypes.-Description:...
(Teijsm.Johannes Elias TeijsmannJohannes Elias Teijsmann was a botanist and plant collector. He was born in Arnhem, Netherlands.Teijsmann travelled to Java in 1830 as Gardener of Governor General van den Bosch. He was appointed the Curator of the Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens the following year, a post he held until 1869...
& Binn.) Miq.Friedrich Anton Wilhelm MiquelFriedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel was a Dutch botanist.He was head of the botanical gardens at Rotterdam , Amsterdam and Utrecht . He directed the Rijksherbarium at Leiden from 1862...
(MalesiaMalesiaMalesia is a biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya ecozone and Australasia ecozone, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom.-Floristic province:...
) - Ochrosia borbonicaOchrosia borbonicaOchrosia borbonica is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is found in Mauritius and Réunion.-Source:* Strahm, W. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
J.F.Gmel.Johann Friedrich GmelinJohann Friedrich Gmelin was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.- Education :Johann Friedrich Gmelin was born as the eldest son of Philipp Friedrich Gmelin in 1748 in Tübingen...
(MauritiusMauritiusMauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
and RéunionRéunionRéunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
) - Ochrosia compta K.Schum.Karl Moritz SchumannKarl Moritz Schumann was a German botanist.Dr. Schumann was the curator of the Botanisches Museumin Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894...
- Hōlei (MauiMauiThe island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
, OahuOahuOahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...
, MolokaiMolokaiMolokai or Molokai is an island in the Hawaiian archipelago. It is 38 by 10 miles in size with a land area of , making it the fifth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands and the 27th largest island in the United States. It lies east of Oahu across the 25-mile wide Kaiwi Channel and north of...
) - Ochrosia ellipticaOchrosia ellipticaOchrosia elliptica, known as Elliptic Yellowwood or Kopsia is a flowering tree native to Northeastern Australia and New Caledonia....
(Northeastern AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New CaledoniaNew CaledoniaNew Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
) - Ochrosia fatuhivensisOchrosia fatuhivensisOchrosia fatuhivensis was a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It was endemic to French Polynesia.-Source:* Florence, J. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
FosbergFrancis Raymond FosbergFrancis Raymond "Ray" Fosberg was an American botanist. A prolific collector and author, he played a significant role in the development of coral reef and island studies.-History:...
& Sachet (French PolynesiaFrench PolynesiaFrench Polynesia is an overseas country of the French Republic . It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...
) - Ochrosia grandifloraOchrosia grandifloraOchrosia grandiflora is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Jaffré, T. et al. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
Boit. (New CaledoniaNew CaledoniaNew Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
) - Ochrosia haleakalaeOchrosia haleakalaeHōlei is a species of plant in the Plumeria family, Apocynaceae that is endemic to Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
H.St.JohnHarold St. JohnHarold St. John was a professor of botany at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa from 1929 to 1958. A prolific specialist in field botany and systematics, he is credited with discovering about 500 new species of Pandanus, along with many other species, especially in the Pacific Islands.Born in...
- Hōlei (Maui, island of HawaiiHawaii (island)The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island , is a volcanic island in the North Pacific Ocean...
) - Ochrosia kauaiensisOchrosia kauaiensisOchrosia kauaiensis is a species of plant in the Plumeria family, Apocynaceae. It is endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
H.St.John - Hōlei (KauaiKauaiKauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...
) - Ochrosia kilaueaensisOchrosia kilaueaensisOchrosia kilaueaensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the Plumeria family, Apocynaceae. Its common names include holei and Hawaii yellowwood. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii. It has been collected only at Puuwaawaa and Kipuka Puaulu and it has not been seen since the 1940s. It is...
H.St.John - Hōlei (island of Hawaii) - Ochrosia nukuhivensisOchrosia nukuhivensisOchrosia nukuhivensis was a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It was endemic to French Polynesia.-Source:* Florence, J. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia) - Ochrosia tahitensisOchrosia tahitensisOchrosia tahitensis was a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It was endemic to French Polynesia.-Source:* Florence, J. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
Laness.Jean Marie Antoine de LanessanJean Marie Antoine de Lanessan was a French statesman and naturalist.-Biography:De Lanessan was born in Saint-André-de-Cubzac in the Gironde department of France and entered the French Navy in 1862, serving on the East African and Cochin-China stations in the medical department until the...
ex PichonMarcel Pichon- Publications :* 1948. Classification des apocynacées. 1. Carissées et ambelaniées* 1948. Classification des apocynacées : . IX. Rauvolfiées, alstoniées, allamandées et tabernémontanoïdées...
(French Polynesia)