here in taiwan a university has a large planting of Tabernaemontana subglobosa i am having a REALLY hard time figuring what this is now considered..... davesgarden (i know its not a great site for scientific info, but nonetheless its around) says T. subglobosa is a syn. of Tabernaemontana pandacaqui http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/59478/ flora base says "Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Lam. is a misapplied name of Tabernaemontana orientalis R.Br. " http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/search/current/13355 is there any kind of site that talks about this genus and its place on the tree?
It appears that the accepted name for the plants at present is Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Lam. In Flora of China http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210002195 FOC does not list T. orientalis in GRIN T. orientalis is listed as a synonym of T. pandacaqui http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?11824 There is an argument that T. subglobosa is separate from T. pandacaqui, based primarily on leaf tip, but if you read the FOC description they have put them together under the earlier published name, T. pandacaqui. http://74.125.93.104/translate_c?hl...n&sa=N&usg=ALkJrhiRWESy56Flr5zUhnSfNT8_9-RB5Q
wow you came up with a NICE key! thanks a lot for that! when looking at various things, are the Germplasm Resources Information Network and eFloras pretty safe to assume they use current/up to date/accepted taxonomy? thanks again!
GRIN and Flora of China are probably the two online authorities we use most frequently to determine the proper naming of the plants here at UBCBG. No resource is absolute however and it is always good to check as many authorities as possible. Here is a list of some of the others we use. http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=20369
