Matelea

Matelea
	Matelea denticulata[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Asclepiadeae
Genus:	Matelea; Aubl.[2]

Matelea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines.[3] Some people consider Chthamalia to be a synonym to or a subgenus of Matelea.[4]

Selected species

Matelea alabamensis (Vail) Woodson
Matelea baldwyniana (Sweet) Woodson
Matelea biflora (Raf.) Woodson
Matelea borinquensis Alain
Matelea carolinensis (Jacq.) Woodson
Matelea cynanchoides (Engelm. & A.Gray) Woodson
Matelea chimboracensis Morillo
Matelea denticulata (Vahl) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz
Matelea decipiens Woodson
Matelea ecuadorensis (Schltr.) Morillo
Matelea fimbriatiflora Morillo
Matelea floridana (Vail) Woodson
Matelea harlingii Morillo
Matelea honorana Morillo
Matelea lanata (Zucc.) Woodson
Matelea jaramilloi Morillo
Matelea maritima (Jacq.) Woodson
Matelea obliqua (Jacq.) Woodson
Matelea orthoneura Morillo
Matelea parvifolia (Torr.) Woodson
Matelea pastazana Morillo
Matelea porphyrocephala Morillo
Matelea reticulata (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Woodson
Matelea sintenisii (Schltr.) Woodson
Matelea sprucei Morillo
Matelea variifolia (Schltr.) Woodson[5]

Formerly placed here

Gonolobus suberosus (L.) R.Br. (as M. gonocarpos (Walter) Shinners or M. suberosa (L.) Shinners)

References

1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
"Genus: Matelea Aubl". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-13. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
"Matelea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
Woodson, Robert E. (1941). "The North American Asclepiadaceae. I. Perspective of the Genera". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 28: 193–244. doi:10.2307/2394270.
"GRIN Species Records of Matelea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-01-27.

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment

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[1] 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen

[GRIN-2] "Genus: Matelea Aubl". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-13. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2011-01-27.

[ITIS-3] "Matelea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-27.

[woodson1941-4] Woodson, Robert E. (1941). "The North American Asclepiadaceae. I. Perspective of the Genera". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 28: 193–244. doi:10.2307/2394270.

[GRINSpecies-5] "GRIN Species Records of Matelea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-01-27.