Urceola (plant)

Urceola
Urceola elastica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Apocynoideae
Tribe:	Apocyneae
Genus:	Urceola Roxb. (1798), nom. cons.
Synonyms
Aganonerion Pierre ex Spire (1906) Chavannesia A.DC. (1844) Chunechites Tsiang (1937) Cudicia Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn (1839) Dendrocharis Miq. (1857) Ecdysanthera Hook. & Arn. (1837) Hymenolophus Boerl. (1900) Parabarium Pierre ex Spire (1905) Parameria Benth. (1876) Parameriopsis Pichon (1948) Pezisicarpus Vernet (1904) Xylinabaria Pierre (1898) Xylinabariopsis Pit. (1933)

Urceola is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1798. It is native to China, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea.

Species

21 species are currently accepted:

1. Urceola brachysepala Hook.f. - Borneo, Java, W Malaysia, Sumatra, Philippines
2. Urceola densiflora (Oliv.) D.J.Middleton & Livsh. – Peninsula Malaysia (Penang) and Sumatra
3. Urceola elastica Roxb. - Borneo, Java, W Malaysia, Sumatra
4. Urceola huaitingii (Chun & Tsiang) D.J.Middleton - Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
5. Urceola javanica (Blume) Boerl. - Borneo, Java, Maluku, Sumatra, Sulawesi, New Guinea
6. Urceola laevigata (Juss.) D.J.Middleton & Livsh. – China (southern Yunnan and southern Guangxi), Indochina, and Malesia
7. Urceola laevis (Elmer) Merr. - Palawan, Sabah, Sulawesi
8. Urceola lakhimpurensis (S.K.Srivast. & Mehrotra) Karthik. & Moorthy - Assam
9. Urceola latifolia (Pierre ex Spire) D.J.Middleton - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
10. Urceola lucida (A.DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Kurz - Myanmar, Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra
11. Urceola malayana D.J.Middleton - Cameron Highlands of W Malaysia
12. Urceola micrantha (Wall. ex G.Don) D.J.Middleton - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan, Ryukyu Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, W Malaysia
13. Urceola minutiflora (Pierre) D.J.Middleton - Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
14. Urceola napeensis (Quint.) D.J.Middleton - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi
15. Urceola polymorpha (Pierre ex Spire) D.J.Middleton & Livsh. – Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam
16. Urceola polyneura (Hook.f.) D.J.Middleton & Livsh. – southern Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo
17. Urceola quintaretii (Pierre) D.J.Middleton - Laos, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi
18. Urceola rosea (Hook. & Arn.) D.J.Middleton - Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, W Malaysia, Java, Sumatra, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan
19. Urceola torulosa Hook.f. - W Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
20. Urceola tournieri (Pierre) D.J.Middleton - Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
21. Urceola xylinabariopsoides (Tsiang) D.J.Middleton - Hainan, Vietnam