Alstonia costata

Alstonia costata, synonyms including Alstonia marquisensis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Solomon Islands in Papuasia and to islands in the south Pacific.[1] It was first described by Georg Forster in 1786 as Echites costatus.[2] It grows as a shrub or tree.[1]

Alstonia costata
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Alstonia
Species:
A. costata
Binomial name
Alstonia costata
(G.Forst.) R.Br.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Alstonia costata Jeann., nom. illeg.
  • Alstonia elliptica J.W.Moore
  • Alstonia fragrans J.W.Moore
  • Alstonia godeffroyi Reinecke
  • Alstonia marquisensis M.L.Grant ex Fosberg & Sachet
  • Alstonia montana Turrill
  • Alstonia plumosa Labill.
  • Alstonia reineckeana Lauterb.
  • Alstonia roeperi Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
  • Alstonia setchelliana Christoph.
  • Alstonia smithii Markgr.
  • Alstonia villosa Seem., nom. illeg.
  • Alstonia vitiensis Seem.
  • Echites costatus G.Forst.

Distribution

Alstonia costata is native to the Solomon Islands in Papuasia; the Cook Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Society Islands in the south-central Pacific; and Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, the Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu in the south-western Pacific.[1]

References
  1. "Alstonia costata (G.Forst.) R.Br.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-02-05
  2. "Alstonia costata (G.Forst.) R.Br.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-02-05


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