Raphistemma Explained

Raphistemma was a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1831,[1] [2] It is native to China and Southeast Asia.[3] but now synonymous and subsumed into the genus Cynanchum.[4]

Species[5]
  1. Raphistemma hooperianum (Blume) Decne. - Guangxi, Thailand, Vietnam
  2. Raphistemma pulchellum (Roxb.) Wall. - Guangxi, Thailand, India, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim

Notes and References

  1. [Nathaniel Wallich]
  2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40022736 Tropicos genus Raphistemma
  3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=127991 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 226 大花藤属 da hua teng shu Raphistemma Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 50. 1831.
  4. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3645-1 POWO
  5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Raphistemma The Plant List, genus Raphistemma