Margaretta

Margaretta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Margaretta
Binomial name
Margaretta rosea

Margaretta is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1875.[1] A dozen names have been proposed as species within Margaretta, but at present only one, Margaretta rosea, is categorized as "accepted" by The Plant List. Most of the rest are "unresolved," in other words, of uncertain affinity.[2] Margaretta rosea is native to Uganda in eastern Africa.[3]

formerly included[2]

moved to Pachycarpus

  • Margaretta distincta N.E.Br, synonym of Pachycarpus distinctus (N.E.Br.) Bullock

References

  1. ↑ Oliver, Daniel. 1875. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 29: 111–112, t. 76
  2. 1 2 The Plant List, Kew Gardens, genus Margaretta
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Margaretta rosea Oliv
  • Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Margaretta rosea". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
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