Thyrsanthella difformis

Thyrsanthella difformis

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: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Odontadenieae
Genus: Thyrsanthella
Species: Thyrsanthella difformis

Name

Thyrsanthella difformis (Walter) Pichon, 1948

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Echites difformis Walter, Fl. Carol.: 98 (1788).
• Homotypic
  • Forsteronia difformis (Walter) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 437 (1844).
  • Secondatia difformis (Walter) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 710, 723 (1876).
  • Thyrsanthus difformis (Walter) Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 99 (1878).
  • Trachelospermum difforme (Walter) A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 85 (1878).
• Heterotypic
  • Echites puberulus Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 120 (1803).
  • Echites tomentosus Raf., Fl. Ludov.: 46 (1817), nom. illeg.
  • Echites salicifolius Raf., New Fl. 4: 59 (1838), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia), Mexico (Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Pichon, M. 1948. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Séries 2, 20: 192.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Thyrsanthella difformis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Thyrsanthella difformis. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 21 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Thyrsanthella difformis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Sept. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Climbing dogbane

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