Matelea obliqua

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 obliqua

Name edit

Matelea obliqua (Jacq.) Woodson, 1941

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Cynanchum obliquum Jacq., Collectanea 1: 148 (1787).
  • Homotypic
    • Gonolobus obliquus (Jacq.) Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 64 (1820).
    • Vincetoxicum obliquum (Jacq.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 266 (1894).
    • Odontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) Alexander in J.K.Small, Man. S.E. Fl.: 1077 (1933).
  • Heterotypic
    • Cynanchum discolor Sims, Bot. Mag. 31: t. 1273 (1810).
    • Gonolobus hirsutus Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 179 (1813), nom. illeg.
    • Gonolobus macrophyllus Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 327 (1817), nom. illeg.
    • Cynanchum virginicum Banks ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 63 (1820).
    • Gonolobus discolor Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 63 (1820).
    • Gonolobus macrophyllus Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 596 (1844), nom. illeg.
    • Gonolobus obliquus var. shortii A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 104 (1878).
    • Gonolobus shortii (A.Gray) A.Gray, Bot. Gaz. 8: 191 (1883).
    • Vincetoxicum shortii (A.Gray) Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 266 (1894).
    • Odontostephana shortii (A.Gray) Alexander in J.K.Small, Man. S.E. Fl.: 1077 (1933).
    • Matelea shortii (A.Gray) Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28: 231 (1941).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional:Southeastern USA
      • USA (Alabama, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)

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

References edit

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Climbing milkvine
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