Chloropetalum denticulatum

Chloropetalum denticulatum

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: Gonolobinae
Genus: Chloropetalum
Species: Chloropetalum denticulatum

Name

Chloropetalum denticulatum (Vahl) Morillo, Pittieria 39: 218. (2015)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cynanchum denticulatum Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 2: 23 (1798).
• Homotypic
  • Matelea denticulata (Vahl) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz, (1981))
  • Gonolobus denticulatus (Vahl) W.D.Stevens, Phytologia 64: 334 (1988)

• Heterotypic
  • Cynanchum viridiflorum G.Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 141 (1818), nom. illeg.
  • Gonolobus viridiflorus Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 61 (1820), nom. illeg.
  • Gonolobus guianensis Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 845 (1824)
  • Cynanchum guianense Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 845 (1825)
  • Cynanchum viride Vell., Fl. Flumin. 3: t. 81, 121 (1829).
  • Gonolobus viridis O.Targ.Tozz., Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Modena 20: 295 (1829)
  • Gonolobus obtusiflorus Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 594 (1844)
  • Gonolobus stelliflorus E.Fourn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(4): 317 (1885)
  • Gonolobus ciliatus Schltr. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 1: 282 (1899)
  • Gonolobus grenadensis Schltr. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 7: 339 (1912)
  • Vincetoxicum viridiflorum Standl., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 14 (1927)
  • Matelea viridiflora (Standl.) Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28: 235 (1941)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Costa Rica, Peru, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Panama, Colombia (Antioquia, Choc, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Putumayo, Quindo, Santander, Tolima, Valle), Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe), Tobago, Trinidad, Nicaragua, Honduras, Venezuela (Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Miranda, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia), N-Brazil (Para, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Ceara, Bahia), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Distrito Federal), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), S-Brazil (Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Morillo, G. 2015. Aportes al conocimiento de las Gonolobinae parte III (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae). Pittieria 39: 191-258. Full text PDF in Spanish taxonomic treatment also in English Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Chloropetalum denticulatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 03. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Chloropetalum denticulatum. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Chloropetalum denticulatum. Published online. Accessed: May 03 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Chloropetalum denticulatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 May 2022.

Vernacular names

español: Orosul

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