Tweedia
Tweedia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Tribe: | Asclepiadeae |
Genus: | Tweedia Hook. & Arn. |
Type species | |
Tweedia birostrata (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn.[1]
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Tweedia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1835. The genus is native to South America.[2] An ornamental plant, Oxypetalum coeruleum, formerly included in this genus is commonly referred to as "tweedia".[3][4][5][6][7]
- Species[8]
- (Phil.) G.H.Rua - Chile
- G.H. Rua - Argentina
- (Malme) C. Ezcurra - Argentina
- (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn. - Chile
- Hook. & Arn. - Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
- (Hieron.) Malme - Argentina
- (Hook. & Arn.) Chittenden - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
formerly included[8]
- Tweedia coerulea, syn of Oxypetalum coeruleum
- Tweedia floribunda, syn of
- Tweedia macrolepis, syn of
- Tweedia versicolor , syn of Oxypetalum coeruleum
References[]
- ^ lectotype designated by Rua, G. H. 1989. Revisión taxonómica del género Tweedia (Asclepiadaceae). Parodiana 5(2): 382.
- ^ Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Meve, Ulrich (2006). "The Genera of Asclepiadoideae, Secamonoideae and Periplocoideae (Apocynaceae)". Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ Fabris, H. A. 1965. Primulaceae, Myrsinaceae, Ericaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Sapotaceae, Symplocaceae, Oleaceae, Loganiaceae, Gentianaceae, Menyanthaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Convolvulaceae, Bignoniaceae, Campanulaceae in A. Cabrera. 4(5): 6–12; 298–302. In A. L. Cabrera (ed.) Flora de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires.
- ^ Meyer, T. & N.M. Bacigalupo. 1979. Asclepiadaceae. 5: 103–147. In A. E. Burkart (ed.) Flora Ilustrada de Entre Ríos (Argentina). Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
- ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- ^ Zuloaga, F. O., O. N. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.
- ^ Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157.
- ^ a b The Plant List
Categories:
- Asclepiadoideae
- Flora of South America
- Apocynaceae genera
- Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker