Cryptostegia madagascariensis Bojer ex Decne. (in A.L.P.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 492. 1844.) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Grenada, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[ Vieques], Virgin Islands (naturalized) ( St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], North America (exotic: FL), Old World (native: Madagascar), Common Names: Alamanda morada falsa (Puerto Rico), Bejuco de cuernos (Puerto Rico), Bejuco de goma (Puerto Rico), Canario morado falso (Puerto Rico), Purple allamanda (Jamaica), Rubber vine (Jamaica), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483. 2). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 3). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 4). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 5). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 6). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 7). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 8). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. Originally in Asclepiadaceae. Last edited 08 Mar 13 |