Oxypetalum coeruleum

Oxypetalum coeruleum

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: Oxypetalinae
Genus: Oxypetalum
Species: Oxypetalum coeruleum

Name

Oxypetalum coeruleum (D.Don ex Sweet) Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 585 (1844).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Tweedia coerulea D.Don in R.Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 7: t. 407 (1837).
• Homotypic
  • Amblyopetalum coeruleum (D.Don) Malme, Ark. Bot. 21A(3): 17 (1927).
  • Gothofreda coerulea (D.Don ex Sweet) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 420 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Tweedia versicolor Hook. in Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3630 (1838).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil South. Southern South America Uruguay. Introduced into: New South Wales, Queensland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Oxypetalum coeruleum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Oxypetalum coeruleum. Published online. Accessed: February 23 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Oxypetalum coeruleum. Accessed: 23 February 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Oxypetalum coeruleum. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 23. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Oxypetalum coeruleum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

日本語: ルリトウワタ

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