Amphineurion

Amphineurion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Amphineurion
(A.DC.) Pichon
Binomial name
Amphineurion marginatum
(Roxb.) D.J.Middleton
Synonyms[1]
  • Aganosma marginata (Roxb.) G.Don
  • Aganosma acuminata'' (Roxb.) G.Don
  • Amphineurion acuminatum (Roxb.) Pichon
  • Echites acuminatus Roxb. 1832, illegitimate homonym, not Ruiz & Pav. 1799 nor Willdenow ex A. DC. 1844
  • Echites marginatus Roxb.
  • Echites cristatus Roth
  • Chonemorpha cristata (Roth) G.Don
  • Echites repens Blanco 1837, illegitimate homonym, not Jacq. 1760
  • Aganosma macrocarpa A.DC.
  • Aganosma velutina A.DC.
  • Echites apoxys Voigt
  • Echites procumbens Blanco
  • Aganosma euloba Miq.
  • Ichnocarpus acuminatus (G.Don) Fern.-Vill.
  • Ichnocarpus macrocarpus (A.DC.) Fern.-Vill.
  • Ichnocarpus velutinus (A.DC.) Fern.-Vill.
  • Holarrhena procumbens (Blanco) Merr.
  • Amphineurion acuminatum (G.Don) Pichon
  • Amphineurion velutinum (A.DC.) Pichon

Amphineurion is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1948. It contains only one known species, Amphineurion marginatum, native to Cambodia, S China (Guangdong, Hainan), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.[1][2][3]

Aganosma marginata is a liana that can grow up to 8 metres (26 ft) in length.> When young, it sometimes forms a shrub with arching branches.[4] Its habitats are mountain forests and seashore thickets.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 168 香花藤 xiang hua teng Aganosma marginata (Roxburgh) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 77. 1837.
  3. ↑ Middleton, D.J. (2011). Flora of peninsular Malaysia , II, 2: 1-235. Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia.
  4. ↑ Middleton, David J. (September 2004). "Aganosma marginata (Roxb.) G.Don" (PDF). In Soepadmo, E.; Saw, L. G.; Chung, R. C. K. Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions) 5. Forest Research Institute Malaysia. p. 10. ISBN 983-2181-59-3. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
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