Vallaris

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with Vallaris Raf., a synonym of the genus Euphorbia}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Vallaris glabra04.jpg

|image_caption = Vallaris glabra

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Vallaris

|authority = Burm.f. 1768

|synonyms =

  • Emericia Roem. & Schult.
  • Peltanthera Roth nom. rej{{cite web |url=http://tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Peltanthera&commonname= |title=Tropicos.org |access-date=28 March 2015}}
  • Parabeaumontia (Baill.) Pichon

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web

|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=211376

|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

|access-date=May 17, 2014}}

}}

Vallaris is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1768. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=134324 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 177 纽子花属 niu zi hua shu Vallaris N. Burman, Fl. Indica. 51. 1768. ]

;Species

  • Vallaris glabra (L.) Kuntze – bread flower, kesidang (Malay) – Java, Flores, Sumatra; naturalized in W Malaysia, Thailand, Christmas Island
  • Vallaris indecora (Baill.) Tsiang & P.T.Li – Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
  • Vallaris solanacea (Roth) Kuntze – India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Hainan; naturalized in Andaman Islands

;formerly included

  1. Vallaris anceps = Kibatalia macrophylla
  2. Vallaris angustifolia = Kibatalia gitingensis
  3. Vallaris arborea = Kibatalia macrophylla
  4. Vallaris clavata = Echites clavatus
  5. Vallaris daronensis = Kibatalia maingayi
  6. Vallaris divaricata = Strophanthus divaricatus
  7. Vallaris fimbriata = Euphorbia mammillaris
  8. Vallaris gitingensis = Kibatalia gitingensis
  9. Vallaris ipecacuanhae = Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
  10. Vallaris lancifolia = Micrechites lancifolius
  11. Vallaris laxiflora = Pottsia laxiflora
  12. Vallaris macrantha = Beaumontia macrantha
  13. Vallaris maingayi = Kibatalia maingayi
  14. Vallaris missurica = Euphorbia missurica
  15. Vallaris portulacoides = Euphorbia portulacoides
  16. Vallaris × uniflora = Euphorbia × uniflora

References

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Further reading

{{Commons category}}

  • Ng, F.S.P. (2006). Tropical Horticulture and Gardening. Clearwater Publications, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 361 p., {{ISBN|983-42954-0-5}}.

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Category:Apocynaceae genera

Category:Apocyneae

Category:Taxa named by Nicolaas Laurens Burman

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