Tabernaemontana alternifolia
Species of plant
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Tabernaemontana alternifolia is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to India.
| Tabernaemontana alternifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Tabernaemontana |
| Species: | T. alternifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Tabernaemontana alternifolia | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Taxonomy
The name Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. has often been used for this species, and a proposal was made to conserve that name so that it would be used instead of T. alternifolia.[2] Arguments made for conservation were that the type of the species was not a specimen but an illustration, and that the plant has opposite leaves, not alternate leaves as alternifolia implies.[2] However, the proposal was rejected, and the correct name of this species is the original name, T. alternifolia.[3]
Unripe fruit
Ripe fruit
