Calostigma

Calostigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Calostigma
Decne. 1838 not Schott 1832, the latter name published without description[1]

Calostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the Apocynaceae family, first described as a genus in 1838.[2][3] The genus is native to South America.

Species[4]
  1. Calostigma burchellii E.Fourn. - São Paulo
  2. Calostigma dusenii Hoehne - Paraná
  3. Calostigma multiflorum Malme - Minas Gerais
  4. Calostigma peruvianum Markgr. - Peru
  5. Calostigma regnelii Malme - Minas Gerais
formerly included[4]

moved to other genera (Oxypetalum, Philodendron)

  1. C. baetaeanum now Oxypetalum insigne
  2. C. glabrum now Oxypetalum glabrum
  3. C. glaziovii now Oxypetalum glabrum
  4. C. guilleminianum now Oxypetalum insigne
  5. C. imbe Schott, genus name published without description,[1] now Philodendron imbe
  6. C. insigne now Oxypetalum insigne
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References

  1. 1 2 International Plant Names Index, Calostigma imbe Schott
  2. ↑ Decaisne, Joseph. 1838. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 2 9: 343–4, t. 12H
  3. ↑ Tropicos, genus Calostigma Decne.
  4. 1 2 The Plant List, genus Calostigma
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