Family 247. APOCYNACEAE Alstonia R Brown Borneo, Philippines ...

Echites caudatus Blanco, Fl. Filip. (1837) 106, non L. (1767); Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 77. –Type: Not
preserved. Merrill (1918) has designated Merrill Species Blancoanae 456 (A, K, L, MO, P) as
illustrative specimen.
Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) WT Aiton var. ovatifolius (A DC) Deb., Fl. Tripura State 2 (1983) 18; --
Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A DC, Prodr. 8 (1844) 435; --Merr., Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 313. –
Type: Cuming 1809 (lecto BM, designated by Middleton, 1994; iso G, K, MO, OXF, TCD, W).
Philippines: ‘Manila’
Ichnocarpus navesii Rolfe, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21 (1884) 313, nom. nud.
Carruthersia daronensis Elmer, LPB 4 (1912) 1450. –Type: Elmer 11099 (lecto K, designated by Middleton,
1994; iso BISH, BO, BP, E, L, Z). Mindanao: Davao: Mt Apo, Todaya.
Toxocarpus makilingensis Elmer ex Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 336, nom. inval. (only in synonymy).
Pakistan, India (including Nicobar Isls), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Burma,
S China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Java,
Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Isls, Moluccas, New Guinea. BATANES
and N LUZON to CORON, PALAWAN (Irawan, Tatanarom) and MINDANAO, in most
islands and provinces. Often common. Low and medium altitude thickets and secondary
forests.
Kibatalia G Don
Revision:
Woodson, 1936. Philippine Journal of Science 60: 209-
Rudjiman, 1987. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 86-5: 36-
Kibatalia arborea (Blume) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4 (1837) 86; --Woodson, PJS 60 (1936) 226; --
Soejarto et al. (1995). Prelim. Checklist Fl. Pl. Palawan; --Rudjiman, Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap.
86-5 (1987) 43; --DJ Middleton, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 18 (2007) 211, Fig. 48; Kickxia arborea (Blume)
Blume, Rumphia 4 (1849) 26 (as ‘Kixia’); --Hasseltia arborea Blume, Bijdr. (1826) 1046. –Type
from
Java.
Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi.
PALAWAN (Mt Beaufort). Based on SMHI 2170 (A, L). Lowland forests.
Kibatalia blancoi (Rolfe ex Stapf) Merr., PJS 17 (1920) 309; EPFP 3 (1923) 334; Woodson, PJS
60 (1936) 221; --Rudjiman, Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 86-5 (1987) 47; --DJ Middleton, Fl.
Males. Ser. 1, 18 (2007) 211, Fig. 49; --Kickxia blancoi Rolfe, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 313.
–Type: Illustration in Fernandez-Villar, Novis. App. (1880) pl. 428bis under the incorrect name of
Kickxia arborea (lectotypified by Middleton, 2007).
Kibatalia merrittii (Merr.) Woodson, PJS 60 (1936) 220; --Kickxia merrittii Merr., PJS 4 c (1909) Bot. 315. –
Type: FB 11488 Merritt (lecto K, designated by Rudjiman, 1987; iso US). Mindoro:
LUZON: Ilocos Sur, Cagayan, Laguna, Batangas, CATANDUANES, MINDORO,
SIBUYAN, GUIMARAS, NEGROS, LEYTE. In secondary and primary forests at low and
medium altitudes, to altitude 1000m.
Kibatalia elmeri Woodson, PJS 60 (1936) 223; --Rudjiman, Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 86-5
(1987) 53; --Soejarto et al. (1995). Prelim. Checklist Fl. Pl. Palawan; --DJ Middleton, Fl. Males. ser.
1, 18 (2007) 216, Fig. 51; --Kibatalia fragrans Elmer, LPB 10 (1939) 3694. –Type: Elmer 15934
(holo MO; iso A, BM, BO, C, F, G, K, L, NY, P, PNH, U, US, W, Z). Luzon: Sorsogon prov., Mt
Bulusan, Irosin.
LUZON: Ilocos Sur, Cagayan, Laguna, Batangas, Sorsogon, MINDORO, PALAWAN
(Taytay), CATANDUANES. In secondary and primary forests, on hillsides and top of
ridges.
Kibatalia gitingensis (Elmer) Woodson, PJS 60 (1936) 216; --Rudjiman, Agric. Univ. Wageningen
Pap. 86-5 (1987) 57; --DJ Middleton, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 18 (2007) 216, Fig. 52; --Vallaris gitingensis
(Elmer) Merr., PJS 10 c (1915) Bot. 70; EPFP 3 (1923) 339; --Kickxia gitingensis Elmer, LPB 4
(1912) 1455. –Type: Elmer 12203 (lecto K, designated by Rudjiman, 1987, iso BM, BO, E, F, G, K,
L, MO, NY, US, W, Z). Sibuyan: Mt Giting-giting.