Allamanda blanchetii Candolle (1844: 319)

Morales, J. Francisco, 2014, Studies in the Neotropical Apocynaceae L: The genus Allamanda in Colombia and a new combination, Phytotaxa 162 (1), pp. 51-56 : 54

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.162.1.5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15211762
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scientific name	Allamanda blanchetii Candolle (1844: 319)
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Allamanda blanchetii Candolle (1844: 319) View in CoL .

Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia: Serra da Jacobina , s.d., Blanchet 2695 (holotype, G-DC! ; isotypes B [destroyed, photo F neg. 1381!] , BM! , G! , NY! [photo, INB!] , P! [photo, INB!]) . Figs. 3A, 3E View FIGURE 3 .

Allamanda violacea Gardner & Fielding (1844: 41) . Type:— BRAZIL. Piauí: Bôa Esperança , February 1839, Gardner 2230 (holotype, BM!; isotypes GH, K! [2 sheets]).

Distribution: — Native to NE Brazil, cultivated in Colombia.

Observations:— Allamanda blanchetii can be distinguished by its lilac or purple corollas and sessile leaves. Although it is cultivated everywhere in the country, few herbarium collections are known.

Representative specimens examined:— COLOMBIA. Bolivar: Cartagena, November 2002 (fl), Morales 17103 ( HUA!, INB!) .

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Gentianales
Family	Apocynaceae
Genus	Allamanda