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Genus of flowering plants
Wrightia is a
genus of
flowering plants in the family
Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It native to tropical
Africa,
China, the
Indian Subcontinent,
Southeast Asia,
Papuasia, and
Australia.
[1] The species are all small
trees or
shrubs.
[2]
The genus was named for
William Wright (1735-1819), Scottish physician and botanist, by Robert Brown.
Wrightia antidysenterica has long been known in Indian Ayurvedic tradition, and is called "kuţaja" in
Sanskrit.
Species
Plants of the World Online
[1] includes:
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Wrightia angustifolia Thwaites - Sri Lanka
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Wrightia annamensis Eberh. & Dubard - S China, Cambodia, Vietnam
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Wrightia antidysenterica (L.) R.Br. - Sri Lanka
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Wrightia arborea (Dennst.) Mabb. - S China, India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Indochina
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Wrightia calcicola D.J.Middleton - Thailand
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Wrightia candollei S.Vidal - Philippines
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Wrightia coccinea (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Sims - S China, Himalayas, Indochina
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Wrightia collettii Ngan - Myanmar
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Wrightia demartiniana Chiov. - Western Australia
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Wrightia dolichocarpa Bahadur & Bennet - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya
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Wrightia dubia (Sims) Spreng. - W India
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Wrightia flavidorosea Trimen - Indochina, W Malaysia
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Wrightia hanleyi Elmer - Sri Lanka but extinct
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Wrightia indica Ngan - Palawan
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Wrightia karaketii D.J.Middleton - S India
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Wrightia kwangtungensis Tsiang - Thailand
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Wrightia laevis Hook.f. - S China, SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland
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Wrightia lanceolata Kerr - S Thailand
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Wrightia lecomtei Pit. - Cambodia, Vietnam
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Wrightia natalensis Stapf -southern Africa
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Wrightia novobritannica (Ngan) D.J.Middleton - New Britain
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Wrightia palawanensis D.J.Middleton - Palawan
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Wrightia poomae D.J.Middleton - Thailand
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Wrightia puberula (Thwaites) Ngan - Sri Lanka but extinct
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Wrightia pubescens R.Br. - S China, SE Asia, Papuasia, N Australia
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Wrightia religiosa (Teijsm. & Binn.) Benth. ex Kurz - Guangdong, Indochina, W Malaysia
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Wrightia saligna (R.Br.) F.Muell. ex Benth. - N Australia
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Wrightia siamensis D.J.Middleton - Thailand
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Wrightia sikkimensis Gamble - S China, E Himalayas, Vietnam
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Wrightia sirikitiae D.J.Middleton & Santisuk - Thailand
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Wrightia tinctoria (Roxb.) R.Br. - India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, Timor and Australia
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Wrightia tokiae D.J.Middleton - Thailand
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Wrightia vietnamensis Hazell & D.J.Middleton
[3] - Vietnam
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Wrightia viridiflora Kerr - Thailand
- formerly included
[1]
References
External links
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Media related to
Wrightia at Wikimedia Commons
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Data related to
Wrightia at Wikispecies