Parepigynum Explained

Parepigynum is a genus of liana in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1973. It contains only one known species, Parepigynum funingense, native to Guizhou and Yunnan Provinces in China.[1] [2]

The species is listed as endangered.

Notes and References

  1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=147796 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018437 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 187 富宁藤 fu ning teng Parepigynum funingense Tsiang & P. T. Li, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11: 395. 1973.