Heterostemma
Heterostemma | |
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Unidentified Heterostemma species | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
Genus: | Heterostemma R.Br. 1810 |
Heterostemma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1834.[1] It is native to India, China, Southeast Asia, Australia, and certain islands in the Pacific.[2][3][4]
- Species[5]
The Plant List categorizes many species names in Heterostemma as "unresolved," i.e., of uncertain affinity. The following are accepted:
- Decne. - Java
- Hayata - S China incl Taiwan
- (H.Lév.) Tsiang - Thailand, S China
- Costantin - Vietnam, S China
- Y.H.Li & Konta - Yunnan
- P.I.Forst. - Northern Territory of Australia
- (H.Zhu & H.Wang) M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li - Yunnan, Hainan, Taiwan
- Costantin - Vietnam, Laos, S China
- (A. Gray) P.I. Forst. - Samoa
- Craib - Thailand, Vietnam, S China
- Tsiang - Hainan
- Tsiang - S China
- Wight & Arn. - Yunnan, Nepal, Assam, Bhutan
References[]
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- ^ Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 42
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 263 醉魂藤属 zui hun teng shu Heterostemma Wight & Arnott in Wight, Contr. Bot. India. 42. 1834.
- ^ Forster, P. I. 1992. A taxonomic revision of Heterostemma Wight & Arn. (Asclepiadaceae: Stapelieae) in Australia and the West Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 5: 71–80.
- ^ The Plant List
Categories:
- Apocynaceae genera
- Asclepiadoideae