Geissospermum

Geissospermum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Echiteae
Genus: Geissospermum
Allemão
Synonyms[1]

Wheelera Schreb.

Geissospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1846. It is native to South America.[1][2]

Species[1]
  • Geissospermum argenteum Woodson - Venezuela, the Guianas
  • Geissospermum fuscum Markgr - S Venezuela, NW Brazil
  • Geissospermum laeve (Vell.) Miers - N + E Brazil, the Guianas
  • Geissospermum reticulatum A.H.Gentry - S Venezuela, Peru, N Bolivia
  • Geissospermum sericeum Miers - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
  • Geissospermum urceolatum A.H.Gentry - NW Brazil

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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