Morrenia

Morrenia
Morrenia odorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Genus:	Morrenia Lindl.
Type species
Morrenia odorata Lindl. 1838 not Hort. ex Kunze 1847

Morrenia is a genus of flowering plants in the Apocynaceae family, first described as a genus in 1838.^[1][2] It is native to South America.^[3][4][5]

Species^[6]

1. Morrenia brachystephana Griseb. - N Argentina
2. Morrenia hassleriana Malme - Gran Chaco in Paraguay
3. Morrenia herzogii Schltr. - Trockenwald in Bolivia
4. Morrenia intermedia T. Mey. - Argentina
5. Morrenia odorata (Hook. & Arn.) Lindl. - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
6. Morrenia scalae (Hicken) Goyder - Río Negro in Argentina
7. Morrenia stormiana (Morong) Malme - Brazil, Bolivia
8. Morrenia stuckertiana (Kurtz ex Heger) Malme - N Argentina
9. Morrenia variegata (Griseb.) T. Mey. - N Argentina

homonym

Morrenia odorata Hort. ex D.G. Kuntze not (Hook. & Arn.) Lindl. now Mikania glomerata^[7]

References

1. Lindley, John. 1838. Edwards's Botanical Register 24(Misc.): 71
2. Tropicos, genus Morrenia
3. 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.
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. Goyder, D. J. 2003. A synopsis of Morrenia Lindl. (Apocynaceae subfam. Asclepiadoideae). Kew Bulletin 58(3): 713–721.
6. The Plant List, genus Morrenia
7. The Plant List, Morrenia odorata Hort. ex D.G. Kuntze