Eustegia Explained

Eustegia is a genus of vines in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus with this name in 1810.^{[1] [2]} It is native to southern Africa.^[3]

Species, accepted, all endemic to South Africa^[4]

1. Eustegia filiformis (L.f.) Schult.
2. Eustegia fraterna N.E.Br.
3. Eustegia hastata (Thunb.) R. Br. ex Schult.
4. Eustegia macropetala Schltr.
5. Eustegia minuta (L.f.) N.E.Br.
6. Eustegia plicata Schinz

Notes and References

1. Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 40
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40007543 Tropicos, genus Eustegia
3. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Eustegia The Plant List, genus Eustegia