Diplolepis (Apocynaceae)

Diplolepis boerhaviifolia

Diplolepis menziesii

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: Diplolepinae
Genus: Diplolepis
Species: D. australis – D. biflora – D. boerhaviifolia – D. bulligera – D. descolei – D. diemii – D. geminiflora – D. hieronymi – D. menziesii – D. mucronata – D. myrtifolia – D. nummulariifolia – D. pachyphylla – D. viridis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Diplolepis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Oct. 13. Reference page.

Name

Diplolepis R.Br., Asclepiadeae 30. 1810.

• Type species: Diplolepis menziesii Schult. Syst. Veg. (ed. 15 bis) 6: 95. (1820)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Sonninia Rchb., Consp. Regn. Veg.: 131 (1828), nom. illeg.
  • Grisebachiella Lorentz, Bot. Centralbl. 2: 1339 (1880)
    • Type species: Grisebachiella hieronymi Lorentz

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Southern South America Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae. A Natural Order of Plants Separated from the Apocineae of Jussieu. 67 pp., London. Gallica (Preprint from Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 1: 12–78. BHL) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hechem, V., Ezcurra, C. & Zuloaga, F.O. 2012. Estudio sistemático del género sudamericano Diplolepis (Apocynaceae). Darwiniana 50(2): 296–317. DOI: 10.14522/darwiniana.2014.502.485 , Scielo Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Diplolepis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Oct. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Diplolepis. Published online. Accessed: 13. Oct 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Diplolepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sept. 2017.

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