Carruthersia Explained

Carruthersia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1866. It is native to the Philippines and to certain islands of the Western Pacific.^[1]

Species^[1]

• Carruthersia glabra D.J.Middleton - Samar Island in Philippines
• Carruthersia latifolia Gillespie - Fiji, Tonga
• Carruthersia pilosa (A.DC.) Fern.-Vill. - Philippines, Solomon Islands, possibly Vanuatu
• Carruthersia scandens (Seem.) Seem. - Fiji

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=34560 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families