Alstonia costata

Alstonia costata
In New Caledonia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Alstonia
Species:	A. costata
Binomial name
Alstonia costata (G.Forst.) R.Br.
Synonyms
Alstonia costata Jeann., nom. illeg. Alstonia elliptica J.W.Moore Alstonia fragrans J.W.Moore Alstonia godeffroyi Reinecke Alstonia marquisensis M.L.Grant ex Fosberg & Sachet Alstonia montana Turrill Alstonia plumosa Labill. Alstonia reineckeana Lauterb. Alstonia roeperi Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. Alstonia setchelliana Christoph. Alstonia smithii Markgr. Alstonia villosa Seem., nom. illeg. Alstonia vitiensis Seem. Echites costatus G.Forst.

Alstonia costata, synonyms including Alstonia marquisensis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Solomon Islands in Papuasia and to islands in the south Pacific. It was first described by Georg Forster in 1786 as Echites costatus. It grows as a shrub or tree.

Distribution

Alstonia costata is native to the Solomon Islands in Papuasia; the Cook Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Society Islands in the south-central Pacific; and Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, the Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu in the south-western Pacific.