Tweedia Explained

Tweedia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1835. The genus is native to South America.[1] An ornamental plant, Oxypetalum coeruleum, formerly included in this genus is commonly referred to as "tweedia".[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Species[7]
  1. Tweedia andina (Phil.) G.H.Rua - Chile
  2. Tweedia aucaensis G.H. Rua - Argentina
  3. Tweedia australis (Malme) C. Ezcurra - Argentina
  4. Tweedia birostrata (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn. - Chile
  5. Tweedia brunonis Hook. & Arn. - Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
  6. Tweedia echegarayi (Hieron.) Malme - Argentina
  7. Tweedia solanoides (Hook. & Arn.) Chittenden - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay

formerly included[7]

  1. Tweedia coerulea, syn of Oxypetalum coeruleum
  2. Tweedia floribunda, syn of Oxypetalum solanoides
  3. Tweedia macrolepis, syn of Oxypetalum macrolepis
  4. Tweedia versicolor, syn of Oxypetalum coeruleum

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Genera of Asclepiadoideae, Secamonoideae and Periplocoideae (Apocynaceae). Liede-Schumann. Sigrid. Meve. Ulrich. 2006. 19 November 2013.
  2. Fabris, H. A. 1965. Primulaceae, Myrsinaceae, Ericaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Sapotaceae, Symplocaceae, Oleaceae, Loganiaceae, Gentianaceae, Menyanthaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Convolvulaceae, Bignoniaceae, Campanulaceae in A. Cabrera. 4(5): 6–12; 298–302. In A. L. Cabrera (ed.) Flora de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires.
  3. Meyer, T. & N.M. Bacigalupo. 1979. Asclepiadaceae. 5: 103–147. In A. E. Burkart (ed.) Flora Ilustrada de Entre Ríos (Argentina). Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
  4. 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
  5. Zuloaga, F. O., O. N. 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.
  6. Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157.
  7. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Tweedia The Plant List

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