Dictyanthus

Dictyanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Genus:	Dictyanthus Decne. 1844
Type species
Dictyanthus pavonii Decne.
Synonyms[1]
Matelea subgen. Dictyanthus (Decne.) Woodson

Dictyanthus is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.^[2][1] It is native to Mexico and Central America^[3][4][5][6]

Species^[7]

1. Dictyanthus aeneus Woodson - Yucatán, Campeche
2. Dictyanthus altatensis (Brandegee) W.D.Stevens - Sonora, Sinaloa
3. Dictyanthus asper (Mill.) W.D.Stevens - Veracruz, Colima, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua
4. Dictyanthus ceratopetalus Donn.Sm. - Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua
5. Dictyanthus eximius (W.D.Stevens) W.D.Stevens - Chiapas
6. Dictyanthus hamatus (W.D.Stevens) W.D.Stevens - Oaxaca, Guerrero
7. Dictyanthus lautus (W.D.Stevens) W.D.Stevens - Colima
8. Dictyanthus macvaughianus (W.D.Stevens) W.D.Stevens - Michoacán, Jalisco
9. Dictyanthus parviflorus Hemsl. - Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz
10. Dictyanthus pavonii Decne. - Guanajuato, Colima, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Jalisco, Morelos, México State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Sinaloa
11. Dictyanthus prostratus Brandegee - Veracruz
12. Dictyanthus sepicola (W.D.Stevens) W.D.Stevens - Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa
13. Dictyanthus stapeliiflorus Rchb. - Mexico
14. Dictyanthus suffruticosus (W.D.Stevens) W.D.Stevens - Oaxaca
15. Dictyanthus tigrinus Conz. & Standl. - Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas
16. Dictyanthus tuberosus C.B.Rob. - Jalisco, Durango, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora
17. Dictyanthus yucatanensis Standl. - Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo

formerly included^[7]

moved to Matelea

• Dictyanthus reticulatus (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl., synonym of Matelea reticulata (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Woodson

References

1. Tropicos, genus Dictyanthus
2. Decaisne, Joseph. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 604–605 in Latin
3. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
4. Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326
5. Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.
6. Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa
7. The Plant List, genus Dictyanthus