Carruthersia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Malouetieae
Subtribus: Malouetiinae
Genus: Carruthersia
Species: C. glabra – C. latifolia – C. pilosa – C. scandens
Name

Carruthersia Seem., Fl. Vit.: 155 (1866)

Type species: Carruthersia scandens (Seem.) Seem., Fl. Vit.: 156 (1866)

References

Seemsnn, B.C. 1866. Flora Vitiensis 155.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Carruthersia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Aug. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Carruthersia. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 18 2017.
Middleton, D.J. 1997. A revision of Carruthersia Seemann (Apocynaceae). Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 42(2): 489-498. Full text PDF Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2017. Carruthersia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Aug. 2017.

Carruthersia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1866. It is native to the Philippines and to certain islands of the Western Pacific.[1]

Species[1]

Carruthersia glabra D.J.Middleton - Samar Island in Philippines
Carruthersia latifolia Gillespie - Fiji, Tonga
Carruthersia pilosa (A.DC.) Fern.-Vill. - Philippines, Solomon Islands, possibly Vanuatu
Carruthersia scandens (Seem.) Seem. - Fiji

References
Wikispecies has information related to Carruthersia.

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families