Nephradenia

Nephradenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Nephradenia
Decne.
Type species
Nephradenia acerosa
Decne.

Nephradenia is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.[1] They are native to South America.[2][3][4][5]

Species
  1. Nephradenia acerosa Decne. - Goiás
  2. Nephradenia asparagoides (Decne.) E.Fourn. - Bahia
  3. Nephradenia filipes Malme - Serra da Chapada in Matto Grosso
  4. Nephradenia linearis Benth. ex E.Fourn. - N Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela
formerly included

transferred to other genera (Blepharodon, Marsdenia)

  1. Nephradenia fruticosa synonym of Marsdenia fruticosa
  2. Nephradenia linearis synonym of Blepharodon lineare
  3. Nephradenia neriifolia synonym of Blepharodon gomphocarpoides

References

  1. ↑ Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 603 in Latin
  2. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  3. ↑ Killeen, T. J. & T. S. Schulenberg. 1998. A biological assessment of Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia. RAP Working Papers 10: 1–372.
  4. ↑ Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin Pl. Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz
  5. ↑ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.
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