Alstonia
See also: alstonia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Named after French botanist Charles Alston + -ia.
Proper noun edit
Alstonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – tropical evergreen trees and shrubs, most species native to the Indonesian archipelago, many used for timber.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Apocynaceae - family; Rauvolfioideae - subfamily; Alstonieae - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Alstonia scholaris (blackboard tree, milky pine) - type species
References edit
Alstonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Alstonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Alstonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Alstonia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Alstonia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Alstonia at USDA Plants database
- Alstonia at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Alstonia at Tropicos
