Apteranthes tuberculata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Apteranthes
Species: Apteranthes tuberculata

Name

• Apteranthes tuberculata (N.E.Br.) Meve & Liede, Pl. Syst. Evol. 234(1-4): 199. 2002.
  • Lectotype: Beloochistan (Baluchistan), common, above 2500-3000 ft, J.E. Stocks 596 (K).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Caralluma tuberculata N.E.Br., Gardn. Chron. 12:370. 1892.

• Homotypic
  • Borealluma tuberculata (N.E.Br.) Plowes, Haseltonia 3: 63. 1995.

References

• 'eFloras 2008. Flora of Pakistan. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Meve, U. & Liede-Schumann, S. (2002) A molecular phylogeny and generic rearrangement of the stapelioid Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae. Pl. Syst. Evol. 234(1-4): 171–209 (199!).
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Apteranthes tuberculata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.