PLUMBAGINACEAE

Baksh-Comeau, Yasmin S., Maharaj, Shobha S., Adams, Dennis, Harris, Stephen A., Filer, Denis L. & Hawthorne, William D., 2016, An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical ‘ hotspots’, Phytotaxa 250 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

PLUMBAGINACEAE

Plumbago auriculata Lam., Encycl. 2: 270 (1786) Common Name: Wasin Mapepi. Exotic.

Plumbago indica L., Herb. Amboin. 24 (1754) Exotic.

Plumbago scandens L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2.) 1: 215 (1762) Common name: Wild White Plumbago . Habit: Shrub. Habitat: Waste places; roadsides and thickets. IUCN: LC. Star: GN. RBS Distribution Plots: TOBAGO: SW Coastal. RBS Vegetation Classes: Moist lowland forest (Vegnum 5: 3% RBS samples); Dry lowland forest (Vegnum 8: 20% RBS samples). Vouchers (selected): TOBAGO: Crown Point, Clement & Ryves 56 (BM). TRINIDAD: Chacachacare, Johnson 1032 (TRIN 32982); Valencia to Matelot Road, Philcox & Gillies 8278 (K). Global range: Widespread in Central and South America and the Caribbean.