Aganosma Explained

Aganosma is a genus of plants in family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1837. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.[1] [2]

Species[1]
  1. Aganosma breviloba Kerr - Guizhou, Myanmar, Thailand
  2. Aganosma cymosa (Roxb.) G.Don - Guangxi, Yunnan, Bangladesh, Assam, Sri Lanka, Indochina
  3. Aganosma gracilis Hook.f. - Assam, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh
  4. Aganosma heynei (Spreng.) ined. (syn Echites heynei Spreng.) - India
  5. Aganosma lacei Raizada - Myanmar
  6. Aganosma petelotii Lý - N Vietnam
  7. Aganosma schlechteriana H.Lév. - S China, Assam, N Indochina
  8. Aganosma siamensis Craib - Thailand, Vietnam, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan
  9. Aganosma wallichii G.Don - Myanmar, Thailand, W Malaysia, Java, Sumatra
formerly included[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=4397 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=100773 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 168 香花藤属 xiang hua teng shu Aganosma (Blume) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 77. 1837.