Metalepis

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Metalepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Genus:
Metalepis

Griseb.

Metalepis is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1866.[1] It is native to northern South America, Central America, Mexico, Florida, and the West Indies.[2][3][4][5]

Species[6]
  1. Urb. - Colombia, Ecuador, Fr Guiana, N Brazil, West Indies
  2. (A. Rich.) Griseb. - Florida, Cuba, Belize, Veracruz in Mexico
  3. Metalepis gentryi Morillo - Ecuador
  4. Metalepis haughtii (Woodson) Morillo - Ecuador
  5. (Woodson) Morillo - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
  6. Morillo - French Guyana, Panama
formerly included[6]
  • Metalepis brasiliensis Morillo now (Morillo) Liede

References[]

  1. ^ Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1866. Catalogus plantarum cubensium exhibens collectionem Wrightianam aliasque minores ex insula Cuba missas 179 in Latin
  2. ^ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
  3. ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
  4. ^ León Yánez, S., R. Valencia Reyes, N. C. A. Pitman, L. Endara, C. Ulloa Ulloa & H. Navarrete. 2011. Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador, 2ª edición 1–957. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito
  5. ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  6. ^ a b The Plant List


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