Petalostelma

Petalostelma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Petalostelma
E.Fourn.
Type species
Petalostelma martianum
(Decne.) E.Fourn.

Petalostelma is a genus of flowering plants formerly belonging to the plant family Asclepiadaceae, now considered to be part of the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1885.[1] They are native to South America.[2][3]

Species[4]
  1. Petalostelma bracteolatum (E.Fourn.) Fontella - Rio de Janeiro
  2. Petalostelma calcaratum (Decne.) Fontella - Brazil
  3. Petalostelma cearense Malme - Ceará
  4. Petalostelma dardanoi Fontella - Pernambuco
  5. Petalostelma martianum (Decne.) E.Fourn. - Brazil
  6. Petalostelma robertii (S.Moore) Liede & Meve - Matto Grosso
  7. Petalostelma sarcostemma (Lillo) Liede & Meve - Salta in Argentina, Chuquisaca in Bolivia

References

  1. ↑ Fournier, Eugène Pierre Nicolas. 1885. Petalostelma in Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von, Flora Brasiliensis 6(4): 328, pl. 98 in Latin
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Serrano, M. & J. Terán. 1998. Identificación de Especies Vegetales en Chuquisaca -- Teoría, Práctica y Resultados 1–129. PLAFOR, Intercooperación, Fundación Ceibo, Sucre, Bolivia
  4. ↑ The Plant List, genus Petalostelma
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