Aspidosperma polyneuron

Aspidosperma polyneuron
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Aspidosperma
Species:	A. polyneuron
Binomial name
	Aspidosperma polyneuron; Müll.Arg.
Synonyms
	Thyroma polyneura (Müll.Arg.) Miers; Aspidosperma peroba Saldanha; Aspidosperma venosum Müll.Arg.; Aspidosperma dugandii Standl.;

Aspidosperma polyneuron is a timber tree native to Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, and Paraguay.^[2] It is common in Atlantic Forest vegetation. In addition, it is useful for beekeeping.^[3]^[4]^[5]

A carboline alkaloid contained in Aspidosperma polyneuron is called Polyneuridine.^[6]

References

^ "Aspidosperma polyneuron". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
^ ^a ^b "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
^ Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
^ Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
^ Antonaccio, L. D., Pereira, N. A., Gilbert, B., Vorbrueggen, H., Budzikiewicz, H., Wilson, J. M., Durham, L. J., Djerassi, Carl. (June 1962). "Alkaloid Studies. XXXIII. 1 Mass Spectrometry in Structural and Stereochemical Problems. VI. 2 Polyneuridine, A New Alkaloid from Aspidosperma polyneuron and Some Observations on Mass Spectra of Indole Alkaloids 3". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 84 (11): 2161–2169. doi:10.1021/ja00870a030.

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