Holostemma
Holostemma | |
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Holostemma creeper from Mangaon, Maharashtra, India. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Tribe: | Asclepiadeae |
Genus: | Holostemma R.Br. |
Species: | H. ada-kodien
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Binomial name | |
Holostemma ada-kodien Schult.
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Holostemma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. The genus was first described in 1810. As presently constituted, the genus contains only one known species, Holostemma ada-kodien, native to southern Asia (China, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand).[2]
- formerly included[1]
- Holostemma chilense, syn of
- Holostemma laeve, syn of
- Holostemma pictum, syn of Graphistemma pictum
- Holostemma sinense, syn of
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Categories:
- Plants used in Ayurveda
- Flora of Asia
- Monotypic Apocynaceae genera
- Asclepiadoideae
- Apocynaceae stubs