Aspidosperma vargasii
| Aspidosperma vargasii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Aspidosperma |
| Species: | A. vargasii
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspidosperma vargasii | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Macaglia vargasii (A.DC.) Kuntze | |
Aspidosperma vargasii is a timber tree native to Venezuela (including the Venezuelan islands in the Caribbean), Colombia, Peru, Guyana, and Suriname.[1][2][3][4]
9-Methoxyolivacine [16101-08-9] is an alkaloid found in the bark of Aspidosperma vargasii together with N-methyltetrahydroellipticine.[5]
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- ^ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
- ^ Parker III, T. A. & B. Bailey. 1991. A biological assessment of the Alto Madidi region and adjacent areas of Northwest Bolivia. RAP Working Papers 1: 1–108.
- ^ Burnell, R. H., Casa, D. D. (1 January 1967). "Alkaloids of Aspidosperma vargasii A. DC". Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 45 (1): 89–92. doi:10.1139/v67-019.
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