Polystemma

Polystemma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Polystemma
Decne.
Synonyms[1]
  • Labidostelma Schltr.

Polystemma is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844.[2] It is native to Mexico and Central America.[3][4][5]

Species[6]
  1. Polystemma guatemalense (Schltr.) W.D.Stevens - from Nayarit to Costa Rica
  2. Polystemma mirandae Lozada-Pérez - Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla
  3. Polystemma viridiflora Decne. - Michoacán, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas

References

  1. ↑ "Tropicos.org". Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ Decaisne, Joseph. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 602 in Latin
  3. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
  4. ↑ Stevens, W. D. 2005. New and interesting milkweeds (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae). Novon 15(4): 602–619
  5. ↑ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
  6. ↑ The Plant List, genus Polystemma
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