Boucerosia

Boucerosia frerei

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: Boucerosia
Species: B. crenulata – B. diffusa – B. frerei – B. indica – B. pauciflora – B. penduliflora – B. procumbens – B. umbellata

Name

Boucerosia Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India: 34. (1834)

• Type species: Boucerosia umbellata (Haw.) Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India: 34 (1834)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Caralluma sect. Boucerosia (Wight & Arn.) K.Schum, in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pl. Fam. 4(2): 278. (1895)
  • Caralluma subg. Boucerosia (Wight & Arn.) M.G.Gilbert, Bradleya 8: 15. (1990)
  • Ceropegia sect. Boucerosia (Wight & Arn.) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 414. (2017)
• Heterotypic
  • Hutchinia Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India: 34. (1834)
  • Frerea Dalzell, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 8: 10. (1865)
  • Pendulluma Plowes, CactusWorld 31: 103. (2013)

Note: A possible synonym of Ceropegia s.l. (Bruyns et al., 2017 & Hassler, 2022 c.f. Govaerts et al., 2022).

References

Primary references

• Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 34.

Additional references

• Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. 2017. A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae). South African Journal of Botany 112: 399–436. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.06.021 Reference page. 
• Meve, U. & Liede, S. 2002. A molecular phylogeny and generic rearrangement of the stapelioid Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 34(1): 171-209. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0220-2 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Boucerosia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Boucerosia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 26 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Boucerosia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Sept. 2021.

Vernacular names

Tiếng Việt: Frerea
中文:  伏牛角属

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