Ischnostemma

Absolmsia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Ischnostemma
King & Gamble
Type species
Ischnostemma selangorica
King & Gamble

Ischnostemma is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1908.[1] It is native to Southeast Asia.

Species[2]
  1. Ischnostemma carnosum (R.Br.) Merr. & Rolfe - Luzon Island in Philippines
  2. Ischnostemma selangorica King & Gamble - Selangor in Peninsular Malaysia (possibly the same species as the first one, in which case I. carnosum is the correct name)[3]

References

  1. ↑ King, George & Gamble, James Sykes. 1905. Ischnostemma. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 74: 532-533
  2. ↑ The Plant List genus Ischnostemma
  3. ↑ Merrill, Elmer Drew & Rolfe, Robert Allen. 1908. Philippine Journal of Science 3(3): 121x.
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