https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Wrightia Wrightia - Revision history 2026-09-07T01:02:17Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wrightia&diff=417677&oldid=prev Ajay Kumar: Created a new article 2023-08-23T05:53:59Z <p>Created a new article</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}<br /> {{Automatic taxobox<br /> |image = Flower-01-KayEss-1.jpeg<br /> |image_caption = &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia antidysenterica]]&#039;&#039;<br /> |display_parents = 2<br /> |taxon = Wrightia<br /> |authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)|R.Br.]]<br /> |synonyms =<br /> *&#039;&#039;Balfouria&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;R.Br.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;Piaggiaea&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Chiov.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;Scleranthera&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Pichon&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;Walidda&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;(A.DC.) Pichon&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |synonyms_ref = &lt;ref name=wrongia&gt;{{cite web<br /> |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=214883<br /> |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families<br /> |accessdate=May 16, 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Wrightia&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s 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]].&lt;ref name=wrongia/&gt; The species are all small [[tree]]s or [[shrub]]s.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&amp;taxon_id=134988 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 174 &lt;big&gt;倒吊笔属&lt;/big&gt; dao diao bi shu &#039;&#039;Wrightia&#039;&#039; R. Brown, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 73. 1811.]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The genus was named for [[William Wright (botanist)|William Wright]] (1735-1819), Scottish physician and botanist, by Robert Brown.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia antidysenterica]]&#039;&#039; has long been known in Indian Ayurvedic tradition, and is called &quot;kuţaja&quot; in [[Sanskrit]].<br /> <br /> ;Species&lt;ref name=wrongia/&gt;<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em|<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia angustifolia]]&#039;&#039; - Sri Lanka<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia annamensis]]&#039;&#039; - S China, Cambodia, Vietnam<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia antidysenterica]]&#039;&#039; - Sri Lanka<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia arborea]]&#039;&#039; - S China, India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Indochina<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia candollei]]&#039;&#039; - Philippines<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia coccinea]]&#039;&#039; - S China, Himalayas, Indochina<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia collettii]]&#039;&#039; Ngan - Myanmar<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia cunninghamii]]&#039;&#039; - Western Australia <br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia demartiniana]]&#039;&#039; - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia dolichocarpa]]&#039;&#039; - W India<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia dubia]]&#039;&#039; - Indochina, W Malaysia<br /> # †&#039;&#039;[[Wrightia flavorosea]]&#039;&#039; - Sri Lanka but extinct<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia hanleyi]]&#039;&#039; - Palawan<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia indica]]&#039;&#039; - S India<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia karaketii]]&#039;&#039; - Thailand<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia laevis]]&#039;&#039; - S China, SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia lanceolata]]&#039;&#039; - S Thailand<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia lecomtei]]&#039;&#039; - Cambodia, Vietnam<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia natalensis]]&#039;&#039; -southern Africa<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia novobritannica]]&#039;&#039; - New Britain<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia palawanensis]]&#039;&#039; - Palawan<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia poomae]]&#039;&#039; - Thailand<br /> # †&#039;&#039;[[Wrightia puberula]]&#039;&#039; - Sri Lanka but extinct<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia pubescens]]&#039;&#039; - S China, SE Asia, Papuasia, N Australia<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia religiosa]]&#039;&#039; - Guangdong, Indochina, W Malaysia<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia saligna]]&#039;&#039; - N Australia<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia siamensis]]&#039;&#039; - Thailand<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia sikkimensis]]&#039;&#039; - S China, E Himalayas, Vietnam<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia sirikitiae]]&#039;&#039; - Thailand<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia tinctoria]]&#039;&#039; - India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, Timor and Australia<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia tokiae]]&#039;&#039; - Thailand<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Wrightia viridiflora]]&#039;&#039; - Thailand<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ;formerly included&lt;ref name=wrongia/&gt;<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em|<br /> # &#039;&#039;Wrightia afzelii&#039;&#039;, syn of &#039;&#039;[[Pleioceras afzelii]]&#039;&#039; <br /> # &#039;&#039;Wrightia bacelliana&#039;&#039;, syn of &#039;&#039;[[Melodinus acutiflorus]]&#039;&#039; <br /> # &#039;&#039;Wrightia parviflora&#039;&#039;, syn of &#039;&#039;[[Pleioceras barteri]]&#039;&#039; <br /> # &#039;&#039;Wrightia piscidia&#039;&#039;, syn of &#039;&#039;[[Melodinus cochinchinensis]]&#039;&#039; <br /> # &#039;&#039;Wrightia stuhlmannii&#039;&#039;, syn of &#039;&#039;[[Alafia lucida]]&#039;&#039;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{Commons category inline}}<br /> *{{Wikispecies inline}}<br /> {{Taxonbar|from=Q2250326}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Wrightia| ]]<br /> [[Category:Apocynaceae genera]]</div> Ajay Kumar