Eustegia

Eustegia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Flowering plants
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Eustegia
R.Br. 1810 not Raf. 1838

Eustegia is a genus of vines in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus with this name in 180.[1][2] It is native to southern Africa.[3]

Species, accepted, all endemic to South Africa[4]
  1. Eustegia filiformis (L.f.) Schult.
  2. Eustegia fraterna N.E.Br.
  3. Eustegia hastata (Thunb.) R. Br. ex Schult.
  4. Eustegia macropetala Schltr.
  5. Eustegia minuta (L.f.) N.E.Br.
  6. Eustegia plicata Schinz

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 40
  2. ↑ Tropicos, genus Eustegia
  3. ↑ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. ↑ The Plant List, genus Eustegia
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