Cynanchum pulchellum

Cynanchum pulchellum

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: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Cynanchinae
Genus: Cynanchum
Species: Cynanchum pulchellum

Name

Cynanchum pulchellum (Wall.) Liede & Khanum, Taxon 65: 479 (2016)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Raphistemma pulchellum Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 50 (1831).
• Homotypic
  • Asclepias pulchella (Wall.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 2: 54 (1832), nom. illeg.
  • Oxystelma pulchellum (Wall.) D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 2: 902 (1840).
• Heterotypic
  • Pergularia campanulata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 50 (1831).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asie China (SW-Guangxi, S-Yunnan), India (C- to E-Himalaya, E- & NE-India, Darjeeling), Laos, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Java, peninsular Malaysia (Langkawi Isl., Perak, Negeri Sembilan), Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Mon, Yangon), Sikkim References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Khanum, R., Surveswaran, S., Meve, U. & Liede-Schumann, S. 2016. Cynanchum (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae): A pantropical Asclepiadoid genus revisited. Taxon 65(3): 467–486. DOI: 10.12705/653.3 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Cynanchum pulchellum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 02. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Cynanchum pulchellum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Cynanchum pulchellum. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 02 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Cynanchum pulchellum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 02.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Cynanchum pulchellum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Oct. 2018.

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