Decalepis

Decalepis arayalpathra

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: Periplocoideae
Genus: Decalepis
Species: D. arayalpathra – D. hamiltonii – D. khasiana – D. nervosa – D. salicifolia

Name

Decalepis Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India: 64 (1834)

• Type species: Decalepis hamiltonii Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India: 64 (1834)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Brachylepis Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India: 63 (1834), nom. illeg. vide Anabasis L. Sp. Pl. 1: 223 (1753) (Amaranthaceae)
  • Baeolepis Decne. ex Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 216 (1849)
  • Utleria Bedd. ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 743 (1876)
  • Hanghomia Gagnep. & Thénint, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 83: 392 (1936)
  • Janakia J.Joseph & V.Chandras., J. Indian Bot. Soc. 57: 308 (1978)

References

• Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 64.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Decalepis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Decalepis. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 29 2017.
• Kambale, S.S., Gholave, A.R., Bhattacharjee, A. & Yadav, S.R. 2016. Typifications and validations of taxa in the genus Decalepis: An economically and ethnobotanically important genus of Gymnanthereae (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae). Taxon 65(4): 875–877. DOI: 10.12705/654.14
• Tropicos.org 2017. Decalepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Sept. 2017.

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