Oxystelma esculentum

Oxystelma esculentum

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: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Oxystelma
Species: Oxystelma esculentum

Name

Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Sm. in A.Rees (1813)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Periploca esculenta L.f., Suppl. Pl. 168 (1782).

• Homotypic
  • Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 462 (1810), nom. inval.
  • Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Schult. in M.Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis, 6: 89 (1820), comb. superfl.
  • Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Decne. in DC., Prodr. 8: 543 (1844), comb. superfl.
  • Sarcostemma esculentum (L.f.) R.W.Holm, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 37. 482 (1950).

• Heterotypic
  • Oxystelma wallichii Wight, Contr. Bot. India 54 (1834).
  • Secamone aegyptiaca W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 2: 75 (1811).
  • Oxystelma zippelianum Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1053 (1826).'
  • Oxystelma alpini Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 543 (1844).
  • Oxystelma esculentum Wall. ex Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 543 (1844), not validly publ.
  • Oxystelma esculentum var. alpini (Decne.) N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: 382 (1904).
  • Oxystelma esculentum var. wallichii (Wight) T.Cooke, Fl. Bombay 2: 153 (1904).
  • Marsdenia brockmaniana W.Fitzg., J. Proc. Roy. Soc. Western Australia 3: 197 (1918).
  • Oxystelma secamone var. wallichii (Wight) M.A.Rahman & Wilcock, Blumea 34: 520 (1990).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Australia (N-Western Australia: Kimberley, Northern Territory) Continental: Africa Ethiopia, Chad, Sudan, Tanzania, Egypt (Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, SE-Egypt) Continental: Asia-Temperate China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan), Bangladesh, Cambodia, India (widespread), Indonesia, Laos, peninsular Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan, N.W.Frontier Prov., Peshawar, Swat, Pakistani Punjab), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Java, Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Israel (Rift Valley), Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir), Sinai peninsula (N-Sinai, S-Sinai), Myanmar [Burma] (Ayeyarwady, Bago, Magway, Mandalay) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Smith, J.E. in A.Rees 1813. Cycl. (London ed.) 25: [sine page no.] Oxystelma sp. no. 1.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Oxystelma esculentum. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 30. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Oxystelma esculentum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Oxystelma esculentum. Published online. Accessed: Sep 30 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Oxystelma esculentum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 30.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Oxystelma esculentum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Sep 2018.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). 15. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: Aug.

Vernacular names

English: Rosy Milkweed

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