Matelea

Matelea
Matelea denticulata[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Asclepiadeae
Subtribe:	Gonolobinae
Genus:	Matelea Aubl.[2]

Matelea is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines.^[3]

Selected species

Matelea alabamensis (Vail) Woodson Matelea biflora (Raf.) Woodson Matelea carolinensis (Jacq.) Woodson Matelea cynanchoides (Engelm. & A.Gray) Woodson Matelea chimboracensis Morillo Matelea denticulata (Vahl) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz Matelea ecuadorensis (Schltr.) Morillo Matelea fimbriatiflora Morillo Matelea harlingii Morillo Matelea honorana Morillo Matelea lanata (Zucc.) Woodson Matelea jaramilloi Morillo Matelea maritima (Jacq.) Woodson Matelea obliqua (Jacq.) Woodson Matelea orthoneura Morillo Matelea parvifolia (Torr.) Woodson Matelea pastazana Morillo Matelea porphyrocephala Morillo Matelea reticulata (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Woodson - Pearl Milkweed Vine Matelea sprucei Morillo Matelea variifolia (Schltr.) Woodson[4]

Formerly placed here

• Gonolobus suberosus (L.) R.Br. (as M. gonocarpos (Walter) Shinners or M. suberosa (L.) Shinners)

References

1. 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
2. "Genus: Matelea Aubl.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-13. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
3. "Matelea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
4. "GRIN Species Records of Matelea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-01-27.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment