Matelea Explained

Matelea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines. Some people consider Chthamalia to be a synonym to or a subgenus of Matelea.^[1]

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[2]

Matelea abbreviata Standl. & L.O.Williams
Matelea acevedoi Morillo
Matelea acuminata (Griseb.) Woodson
Matelea adenocardia (Standl.) Woodson
Matelea alabamensis (Vail) Woodson
Matelea alainii Woodson
Matelea altamirana Morillo
Matelea ampiyacuensis Morillo
Matelea andina (Malme) Morillo
Matelea angustifolia (Griseb.) Greuter & Liede
Matelea angustiloba (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) W.D.Stevens
Matelea annulata Alain
Matelea araneosa (Donn.Sm.) Woodson
Matelea asplundii (Malme) Morillo
Matelea atrocoronata (Brandegee) Woodson
Matelea atrolingua Morillo, I.L.Morais & Farinaccio
Matelea atrostellata Rintz
Matelea attenuata (Rusby) Morillo
Matelea bahiensis Morillo & Fontella
Matelea baldwyniana (Sweet) Woodson
Matelea barrosiana Fontella
Matelea belizensis (Lundell & Standl.) Woodson
Matelea bicolor (Britton & P.Wilson) Woodson
Matelea bolivarensis Morillo
Matelea boliviana Morillo
Matelea brevicoronata (B.L.Rob.) Woodson
Matelea brevistipitata Krings & Morillo
Matelea calcicola (Greenm.) Woodson
Matelea callejasii Morillo
Matelea camiloana Morillo
Matelea campechiana (Standl.) Woodson
Matelea camporum (Brandegee) Woodson
Matelea capillacea (E.Fourn.) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz
Matelea cardozoi Morillo
Matelea carmenaemiliae Morillo
Matelea carnevaliana Morillo
Matelea carolinensis (Jacq.) Woodson
Matelea castanea (Brandegee) Woodson
Matelea cayennensis Morillo
Matelea cervantesii Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado
Matelea chihuahuensis (A.Gray) Woodson
Matelea chimboracensis Morillo
Matelea chrysantha (Greenm.) Woodson
Matelea congesta (Decne.) Woodson
Matelea constanzana J.Jiménez Alm.
Matelea coriacea Morillo
Matelea cornejoi Morillo
Matelea corniculata W.D.Stevens & Arbeláez
Matelea correllii Spellman
Matelea corrugata W.D.Stevens
Matelea corynephora Krings
Matelea costaricensis W.D.Stevens
Matelea costata (Urb.) Morillo
Matelea crassifolia Woodson
Matelea cremersii Morillo
Matelea crenata (Vail) Woodson
Matelea crispiflora (Urb.) J.Jiménez Alm.
Matelea cuatrecasasii Morillo
Matelea cynanchoides (Engelm. & A.Gray) Woodson
Matelea decipiens (Alexander) Woodson
Matelea delascioi Morillo
Matelea dictyopetala (Urb. & Ekman) Krings
Matelea diversifolia (E.Fourn.) Morillo & Fontella
Matelea domingensis (Alain) Krings
Matelea dusenii Morillo
Matelea dwyeri Morillo
Matelea ecuadorensis (Schltr.) Morillo
Matelea edwardsensis Correll
Matelea ekmanii (Urb.) Woodson
Matelea elachyantha W.D.Stevens
Matelea emmartinezii W.D.Stevens
Matelea falcata Juárez-Jaimes, G.M.Hern.-Barón & W.D.Stevens
Matelea fendleri Morillo
Matelea ferruginea W.D.Stevens
Matelea filipes W.D.Stevens & Monterrosa
Matelea flavidula (Chapm.) Woodson
Matelea floridana (Vail) Woodson
Matelea fontellana Morillo
Matelea forerana Morillo
Matelea fournieri Morillo
Matelea fruticosa (Brandegee) Woodson
Matelea funkiana Morillo
Matelea furvescens W.D.Stevens
Matelea geminiflora (Decne.) Fontella
Matelea gentlei (Lundell & Standl.) Woodson
Matelea gilbertoana Krings
Matelea glandulosa (Poepp. ex Decne.) Morillo
Matelea gonoloboides (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Woodson
Matelea graciliflora Krings & Morillo
Matelea gracilis (Decne.) W.D.Stevens
Matelea greenmanii Shinners
Matelea greggii (Vail) Woodson
Matelea grenandii Morillo
Matelea grisebachiana (Schltr.) Alain
Matelea guatemalensis (K.Schum.) Woodson
Matelea haberi W.D.Stevens
Matelea haitiensis (P.T.Li) Krings
Matelea harlingii Morillo
Matelea hastata Alain
Matelea hastulata (A.Gray) Sundell
Matelea hatschbachii (Fontella & C.Valente) Morillo
Matelea herbacea Woodson
Matelea hildegardiana Morillo
Matelea hirtelliflora McDonnell & Fishbein
Matelea holstii Morillo & Carnevali
Matelea honorana Morillo
Matelea inconspicua (Brandegee) Woodson
Matelea inops Woodson
Matelea insolita W.D.Stevens
Matelea ionantha Woodson
Matelea jansen-jacobsiae Morillo
Matelea jaramilloi Morillo
Matelea jenmanii (Morillo) Morillo
Matelea johnstonii Shinners
Matelea kirkbridei Morillo
Matelea klugii Morillo
Matelea lanata (Zucc.) Woodson
Matelea lanceolata (Decne.) Woodson
Matelea lehmannii (Schltr.) Morillo
Matelea lesueurii (Standl.) Woodson
Matelea leucodermis (Rusby) Morillo
Matelea lhotzkyana (E.Fourn.) Fontella
Matelea liesneri Morillo
Matelea ligustrina (Decne.) Morillo
Matelea linearipetala Alain
Matelea magallanesii E.J.Lott
Matelea marcoassisii Fontella
Matelea matezkii Morillo
Matelea matogrossensis Fontella
Matelea medusae Woodson
Matelea meyeri Woodson
Matelea micrantha L.O.Williams
Matelea microphylla Morillo
Matelea molinarum L.O.Williams
Matelea monticola Alain
Matelea mutisiana Morillo
Matelea neblinae Morillo
Matelea neei Morillo
Matelea nielsenii Morillo
Matelea nigrescens (Schltdl.) Woodson
Matelea nipensis (Urb.) Woodson
Matelea oaxacana (Standl.) W.D.Stevens
Matelea obliqua (Jacq.) Woodson
Matelea ocellata W.D.Stevens
Matelea ochracea Morillo
Matelea oldemanii Morillo
Matelea orthoneura Morillo
Matelea orthosioides (E.Fourn.) Fontella
Matelea pakaraimensis Krings
Matelea palustris Aubl.
Matelea panamensis Spellman & Dwyer
Matelea parvifolia (Torr.) Woodson
Matelea pastazana Morillo
Matelea patalensis (Donn.Sm.) Woodson
Matelea pauciflora (Spreng.) Woodson
Matelea pedalis (E.Fourn.) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz
Matelea pedicellata (Malme) Morillo
Matelea pentactina Krings
Matelea petiolaris (A.Gray) Woodson
Matelea phainops Krings
Matelea picturata (Hemsl.) Woodson
Matelea pilosa (Benth.) Woodson
Matelea pinguifolia (Standl.) Woodson
Matelea porphyrantha (Standl.) Woodson
Matelea porphyrocephala Morillo
Matelea pringlei (A.Gray) Woodson
Matelea proctorii Krings
Matelea prosthecidiscus Woodson
Matelea pseudobarbata (Pittier) Woodson
Matelea pubescens (Griseb.) Krings
Matelea pueblensis (Brandegee) Woodson
Matelea punensis Morillo
Matelea purpureolineata Woodson
Matelea purpusii (Brandegee) Woodson
Matelea pusilliflora L.O.Williams
Matelea pyrrhotricha (Decne.) Fontella
Matelea quercetorum (Standl.) W.D.Stevens
Matelea quindecimlobata Farinaccio & W.D.Stevens
Matelea radiata Correll
Matelea refracta (E.Fourn.) Morillo
Matelea reitzii Fontella
Matelea reticulata (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Woodson
Matelea rhamnifolia (Griseb.) Krings
Matelea rhynchocephala Krings
Matelea rivularis Woodson
Matelea rogersii Woodson
Matelea romeroi Morillo
Matelea sagittifolia (A.Gray) Woodson ex Shinners
Matelea sanojana Krings & Morillo
Matelea sastrei Morillo
Matelea schultesii Morillo & Carnevali
Matelea schunkei Morillo
Matelea serpens Woodson
Matelea sintenisii (Schltr.) Woodson
Matelea sprucei Morillo
Matelea squiresii (Rusby) Morillo
Matelea stenopetala Sandwith
Matelea stenosepala Lundell
Matelea stergiosii Morillo
Matelea suareziae Morillo
Matelea suberifera (B.L.Rob.) W.D.Stevens
Matelea subsessilifolia Morillo
Matelea sucrensis Morillo
Matelea sugillata W.D.Stevens
Matelea sylvicola L.O.Williams
Matelea tamnifolia (Griseb.) Woodson
Matelea tarrazuana J.E.Jiménez & Hidalgo-Mora
Matelea tenuis Woodson
Matelea texensis Correll
Matelea tezcatlipocantha E.B.Cortez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado
Matelea tigrina (Griseb.) Woodson
Matelea tinctoria Woodson
Matelea tlilxochitli E.B.Cortez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado
Matelea torulosa Krings
Matelea trichopedicellata Krings & Morillo
Matelea tristiflora (Standl.) Woodson
Matelea tuerckheimii (Donn.Sm.) Woodson
Matelea umbellata (Brandegee) Woodson
Matelea urophylla L.O.Williams
Matelea vailiana Woodson
Matelea vargasii Morillo
Matelea variifolia (Schltr.) Woodson
Matelea vaupesana Morillo
Matelea velutina (Schltdl.) Woodson
Matelea velutinoides W.D.Stevens
Matelea violacea Woodson
Matelea virginiae Morillo
Matelea weberbaueri Morillo
Matelea woodsonii Shinners
Matelea wootonii (Vail) Woodson
Matelea woytkowskii Morillo

Formerly placed here

Matelea alicieae = Peruviasclepias aliciae
Matelea amazonica = Riparoampelos amazonicus
Matelea arizonica (A.Gray) Shinners = Gonolobus arizonicus
Matelea borinquensis Alain = Matelea variifolia
Matelea cyclophylla = Suberogerens cyclophylla
Matelea fimbriatiflora Morillo = Gonolobus fimbriatiflorus
Matelea fulvida and Matelea grandiflora = Rotundanthus fulvidus
Matelea gonocarpos (Walter) Shinners = Gonolobus suberosus
Matelea gracieae = Graciemoriana gracieae
Matelea yanomamica = Orinoquia yanomamica

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment

Notes and References

Woodson . Robert E. . 1941 . The North American Asclepiadaceae. I. Perspective of the Genera . Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden . 28 . 2 . 193–244 . 10.2307/2394270 . 2394270 .
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