Oxypetalum Explained

Oxypetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described with this name in 1810.^[1] The genus is native to South America.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Oxypetalum coeruleum is cultivated as an ornamental.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

formerly included^[7] moved to other genera (Cynanchum, Morrenia, Philibertia, Tassadia, Tweedia)

Notes and References

1. Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 30.
2. Web site: The Genera of Asclepiadoideae, Secamonoideae and Periplocoideae (Apocynaceae). Liede-Schumann. Sigrid. Meve. Ulrich. 2006. 19 November 2013.
3. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
4. Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.
5. Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin de las plantas de los cerrados de la Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz
6. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
7. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Oxypetalum The Plant List, genus Oxypetalum