Matelea

Matelea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines.[3] Some people consider Chthamalia to be a synonym to or a subgenus of Matelea.[4]

Matelea
Matelea denticulata[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Matelea
Aubl.[2]

Selected species

Formerly placed here

  • Gonolobus suberosus (L.) R.Br. (as M. gonocarpos (Walter) Shinners or M. suberosa (L.) Shinners)

References

  1. 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
  2. "Genus: Matelea Aubl". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-13. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  3. "Matelea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  4. Woodson, Robert E. (1941). "The North American Asclepiadaceae. I. Perspective of the Genera". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 28: 193–244. doi:10.2307/2394270.
  5. "GRIN Species Records of Matelea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-01-27.


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