Matelea carolinensis

Matelea carolinensis

Taxonavigation edit

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: Gonolobinae
Genus: Matelea
Species: Matelea carolinensis

Name edit

Matelea carolinensis (Jacq.) Woodson, 1941.

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Cynanchum carolinense Jacq., Collectanea 2: 288 (1789).
  • Homotypic
    • Echites truncatus (Jacq.) Lam., Encycl. 2: 340 (1786).
    • Gonolobus carolinensis (Jacq.) Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 62 (1820), nom. illeg.
    • Vincetoxicum carolinense (Jacq.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 265 (1894).
    • Odontostephana carolinensis (Jacq.) Alexander in J.K.Small, Man. S.E. Fl.: 1077 (1933).
  • Heterotypic
    • Cynanchum hirtum L., Sp. Pl.: 212 (1753).
    • Vincetoxicum acanthocarpos Walter, Fl. Carol.: 104 (1788).
    • Gonolobus hirsutus Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 119 (1803).
    • Cynanchum hirsutum (Michx.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 274 (1805), nom. illeg.
    • Cynanchum macrophyllum Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 274 (1805).
    • Gonolobus hirtus (L.) Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 64 (1820).
    • Asclepias acanthocarpus J.F.Gmel. ex Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 571 (1844), pro syn.
    • Vincetoxicum hirsutum (Michx.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 266 (1894), nom. illeg.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
 
Matelea carolinensis
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional:Southeastern USA
      • USA (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: Maroon Carolina milkvine
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