Matelea

Matelea
Matelea denticulata[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Matelea
Aubl.[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Amphorella Brandegee (1910)
  • Callaeolepium H.Karst. (1866)
  • Coelostelma E.Fourn. (1885)
  • Cyclodon Small (1933)
  • Edisonia Small (1933)
  • Heliostemma Woodson (1935)
  • Himantostemma A.Gray (1885)
  • Hostea Willd. (1798), nom. superfl.
  • Jacaima Rendle (1936)
  • Labidostelma Schltr. (1906)
  • Lhotzkyella Rauschert (1982)
  • Malinvaudia E.Fourn. (1885)
  • Matella Bartl. (1830), orth. var.
  • Microdactylon Brandegee (1908)
  • Odontostephana Alexander (1933)
  • Omphalophthalma H.Karst. (1866)
  • Pachystelma Brandegee (1920)
  • Peckoltia E.Fourn. (1885)
  • Poicilla Griseb. (1866)
  • Poicillopsis Schltr. (1912)
  • Prosthecidiscus Donn.Sm. (1898)
  • Pulvinaria E.Fourn. (1885), nom. illeg.
  • Pycnobregma Baill. (1890)
  • Rothrockia A.Gray (1885)
  • Rytidoloma Turcz. (1852)
  • Tetracustelma Baill. (1890)
  • Trichosacme Zucc. (1845)
  • Tympananthe Hassk. (1847)
  • Urostephanus B.L.Rob. & Greenm. (1895)

Matelea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines.[4] Some people consider Chthamalia to be a synonym to or a subgenus of Matelea.[5]

  1. ^ "Genus: Matelea Aubl". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-13. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  2. ^ 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
  3. ^ [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30001048-2 Matelea Aubl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Matelea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  5. ^ Woodson, Robert E. (1941). "The North American Asclepiadaceae. I. Perspective of the Genera". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 28 (2): 193–244. doi:10.2307/2394270. JSTOR 2394270.