Biology:Heterostemma

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Heterostemma
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Unidentified Heterostemma species
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus: Heterostemma
Wight & Arn. (1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dittoceras Hook.f. (1883)
  • Oianthus Benth. (1876)
  • Symphysicarpus Hassk. (1857)

Heterostemma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1834.[2] It is native to India , China , Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia , and certain islands in the Pacific.[3][4][5]

Species

45 species are currently accepted:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Heterostemma Wight & Arn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 42
  3. Tropicos
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q11682471 entry