Allamanda cathartica L. (1771: 214)

Allamanda cathartica L. (1771: 214) View in CoL .

Neotype (designated by Leeuwenberg in Jarvis et al., 1993):— GUYANA. “ Habitat per totam Guianam, juxta fluvios ”, s.d., Herb. Linn. No. 298.1 (neotype, S-LINN (photo at INB!)) . Figs. 3B, 3D View FIGURE 3 .

Distribution: — Native to western Amazonia, but commonly cultivated throughout the tropics. In Colombia this species is also found in secondary and primary forest in some departments.

Observations:— Allamanda cathartica is commonly cultivated, but has become naturalized in some areas and seems to be very common in the Choco, along riverbanks in flooded forest and in secondary dry forest in the Antioquia and Tolima Departments.

Representative specimens examined:— COLOMBIA. Amazonas : Leticia, camino a Tarapacú, July1954, Lozano & Patiño 306 (COAH!, COL!). Antioquia: Turbo, camino a Tapón del Darién, sector río León-Lomas Aisladas , 28 April 1984, Brand 1166 (COL!, JAUM!, MO!). Arauca: Arauca-Arauquita , campo petrolero de Caño Limón, sector Chipirón, 21 July 2008, Betancur et al. 13276 (COL!). Bolivar: río Sinú , Monteria, 8 January 1949, Araque & Barkley 19Bo159 (MEDEL!). Caldas: Palmira, January 1947, Duque 4355 (MEDEL!). Caquetá: Belén de los Andaquíes, bosque Las Lajas, 3 July 2010, Cárdenas et al. 40366 (COAH!). Casanare: El Yopal, vereda El Morro, May 2009, Campos & Pinzon 403 (COL!). Cauca: Buenos Aires , Timba, 29 July 1998, Rivera et al. 549 (COL!). César: Chimichagua , corregimiento de Saloa, caño Culebra, 19 August 2007, Muñoz & Pulido 817 (COL!). Chocó: Quibdó, Puente de Cabí , 18 November 1985, Córdoba et al. 31 (CHOCO!, COL!, MO!). Cundinamarca: Girardota, Isla del Sol , río Magdalena, 10–15 January 1972, García-Barriga 20308 (COL!). Guainía: Puerto Inírida, 30 August 2013, Morales 21395 (COAH!). Magdalena: cerca de río Casacara , S de Codazzi, 5 June 1944, Haugth 4191 (MEDEL!, MO!, US!). Meta: carretera Villavicencio-Puerto López, río Negrito , 13 March 1986, Fernández-Alonso et al. 5701 (COL!, MA!). San Andrés y Providencia: cerca del aeropuerto, 11 February 1997, Morales 17104 (INB!). Santander: Puerto Araujo, 20 September 1979, Renteria et al. 1826 (COL!, HUA!, JAUM!). Tolima: Mariquita, carretera a Falán, 28 September 2001, Bernal et al. 1119 (COL!, HUA!). Valle del Cauca: río Yurumanguí , Veneral, 28 January–10 February 1944, Cuatrecasas 15896 (F!, MO!, VALLE!). Vaupés: Mitú, 25 May 1976, Zarucchi 1653 (COL!, HUA!, MO!).