Holostemma

Holostemma
Holostemma Creeper from Mangaon, Maharashtra, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Holostemma
Binomial name
Holostemma ada-kodien
Schult.
Synonyms[1]
  • Asclepias annularis Roxb.
  • Holostemma annulare (Roxb.) K. Schum.
  • Holostemma annularis (Roxb.) K.Schum.
  • Holostemma rheedianum Spreng.

Holostemma is a genus of flowering plants formerly belonging to the plant family Asclepiadaceae, now considered to be part of the Apocynaceae. The genus was first described in 1810. As presently constituted, the genus contains only one known species, Holostemma ada-kodien, native to southern Asia (China, Nepal, Pakistan, Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand).[2]

formerly included[1]
  • Holostemma chilense, syn of Cynanchum chilense
  • Holostemma laeve, syn of Vincetoxicum laeve
  • Holostemma pictum, syn of Graphistemma pictum
  • Holostemma sinense, syn of Metaplexis hemsleyana

References

  1. 1 2 The Plant List
  2. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 227 铰剪藤 jiao jian teng Holostemma ada-kodien Schultes in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 6: 95. 1820.


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