Funastrum

Funastrum
Funastrum cynanchoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Subtribe: Metastelmatinae
Genus: Funastrum
E.Fourn.[1]
Synonyms

Ceramanthus (Kunze) Malme
Cystostemma E.Fourn.
Pattalias S.Watson
Philibertella Vail[1]

Funastrum is a genus of flowering plant now in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, formerly in Asclepiadaceae.[1] The name is derived from the Latin word funis, meaning "rope", and astrum, alluding to the twining stems.[2] Members of the genus are commonly known as twinevines.[3]

Selected species

Formerly placed here

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Genus: Funastrum E. Fourn.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  2. Daniel F. Austin (15 May 2010). Baboquivari Mountain Plants: Identification, Ecology, and Ethnobotany. University of Arizona Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-8165-2837-0. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Funastrum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  4. 1 2 "GRIN Species Records of Funastrum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-09-22.

External links

Media related to Funastrum at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Funastrum at Wikispecies


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