Oncostemma
| Oncostemma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Genus: | Oncostemma K.Schum. |
| Binomial name | |
| Oncostemma cuspidatum K.Schum. | |
| Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
|
Tylophora oblonga N.E.Br. | |
Oncostemma is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1893.[1][4] It contains only one known species, Oncostemma cuspidatum, native to the Island of São Tomé off the coast of central Africa.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Tropicos, genus Oncostemma
- ↑ Omlor, R. & U. Meve. 1999. (1427) Proposal to conserve the name Tylophora oblonga against Oncostemma cuspidatum (Asclepiadaceae). Taxon 48(3): 597–598.
- ↑ Brummitt, R. K. 2001. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 51. Taxon 50(2): 559–568.
- ↑ Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1893. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 17: 148 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
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