Miraglossum

Miraglossum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Miraglossum
Kupicha
Type species
Miraglossum pulchellum
(Schltr.) Kupicha

Miraglossum is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1984.[1] It is native to southern Africa.[2]

Species[3]
  1. Miraglossum anomalum (N.E. Br.) Kupicha - South Africa
  2. Miraglossum davyi (N.E. Br.) Kupicha - South Africa
  3. Miraglossum laeve Kupicha - Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng
  4. Miraglossum pilosum (Schltr.) Kupicha - KwaZulu-Natal
  5. Miraglossum pulchellum (Schltr.) Kupicha - Swaziland, Gauteng
  6. Miraglossum superbum Kupicha - KwaZulu-Natal
  7. Miraglossum verticillare (Schltr.) Kupicha - KwaZulu-Natal

References

  1. ↑ Kupicha, Frances Kristina. 1984. Kew Bulletin 38(4): 625
  2. ↑ Tropicos
  3. ↑ The Plant List, genus Miraglossum
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