Belostemma

Belostemma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Belostemma
Wall. ex Wight
Type species
Belostemma hirsutum
Wall. ex Wight

Belostemma is a genus of plant in family Asclepiadaceae, first described as a genus in 1834.[1] It is native to China, India, and Nepal.[2]

Species[2]
  1. Belostemma cordifolium (Link, Klotz. & Otto) P.T.Li - S China
  2. Belostemma hirsutum Wall. ex Wight - Sichuan, Yunnan, India, Nepal
  3. Belostemma yunnanense Tsiang - Yunnan

References

  1. ↑ Wight, Robert. 1834. Belostemma. Contributions to the Botany of India 52.
  2. 1 2 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 251 箭药藤属 jian yao teng shu Belostemma Wallich ex Wight, Contr. Bot. India. 52. 1834.


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