Decanema

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

Decanema is a small genus in the dogbane family first described as a genus in 1838.[1][2] The group is endemic to Madagascar.[3][3][4]

Species[5]
  1. Decanema bojerianum Decne. - Madagascar
  2. Decanema luteifluens Jum. & H.Perrier - Madagascar
formerly included[5]
  • Decanema grandiflorum Jum. & H.Perrier, synonym of Cynanchum grandidieri Liede & Meve.

References

  1. ↑ Decaisne, Joseph. 1838. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 2 9: 338, t. 12G
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Decanema Decne.
  3. 1 2 Liede, S. 1996. The Cynanchinae (Asclepiadaceae) in Madagascar: more new leafy and leafless species and subspecies. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section B, Adansonia. Botanique Phytochimie 18: 103–135
  4. ↑ Descoings, B. 1961. Notes taxinomiques et descriptives sur quelques Asclépiadées Cynanchées (Asclépiadacées) aphylles de Madagascar. Adansonia, n.s. 1: 299–342
  5. 1 2 The Plant List, Decanema


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