Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Gentianales (112)
Family: Apocynaceae (37)(family description)
Genus: Amsonia (1)
Epithet: tabernaemontana Walter (1)
tabernaemontana => latinization of Bergzabern; in honor of Jacobus Theodorus (1522[in Bad Bergzabern]-1590), German physician and botanist
