Goniostemma

Goniostemma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Goniostemma
Wight
Type species
Goniostemma acuminata
Wight

Goniostemma is a genus of plant in family Asclepiadaceae, first described as a genus in 1834. It contains two known species, one native to China, the other to India and Bangladesh.[1]

species
  1. Goniostemma acuminata Wight - India, Bangladesh
  2. Goniostemma punctatum Tsiang & P.T. Li - Yunnan

References


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