Heterostemma

Heterostemma
Unidentified Heterostemma species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Heterostemma
R.Br. 1810

Heterostemma is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1834.[1] It is native to India, China, Southeast Asia, Australia, and certain islands in the Pacific.[2][3][4]

Species[5]

The Plant List categories many species names in Heterostemma as "unresolved," i.e., of uncertain affinity. The following are accepted:

  1. Heterostemma acuminatum Decne. - Java
  2. Heterostemma brownii Hayata - S China incl Taiwan
  3. Heterostemma esquirolii (H.Lév.) Tsiang - Thailand, S China
  4. Heterostemma grandiflorum Costantin - Vietnam, S China
  5. Heterostemma lobulatum Y.H.Li & Konta - Yunnan
  6. Heterostemma magnificum P.I.Forst. - Northern Territory of Australia
  7. Heterostemma menghaiense (H.Zhu & H.Wang) M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li - Yunnan, Hainan, Taiwan
  8. Heterostemma oblongifolium Costantin - Vietnam, Laos, S China
  9. Heterostemma samoense (A. Gray) P.I. Forst. - Samoa
  10. Heterostemma siamicum Craib - Thailand, Vietnam, S China
  11. Heterostemma sinicum Tsiang - Hainan
  12. Heterostemma tsoongii Tsiang - S China
  13. Heterostemma wallichii Wight & Arn. - Yunnan, Nepal, Assam, Bhutan

References

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  1. ↑ Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 42
  2. ↑ Tropicos
  3. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 263 醉魂藤属 zui hun teng shu Heterostemma Wight & Arnott in Wight, Contr. Bot. India. 42. 1834.
  4. ↑ Forster, P. I. 1992. A taxonomic revision of Heterostemma Wight & Arn. (Asclepiadaceae: Stapelieae) in Australia and the West Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 5: 71–80.
  5. ↑ The Plant List
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