Oxypetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described with this name in 1810.[3] The genus is native to South America.[2][4][5][6][7][8]

Oxypetalum
Oxypetalum coeruleum, flowers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Oxypetalum
R.Br., conserved name
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Amblyopetalum (Griseb.) Malme
  • Bustelma E.Fourn., Fl. Bras. 6(4): 288 (1885)
  • Calostigma Decne.
  • Corollonema Schltr.
  • Cystostemma E.Fourn., Fl. Bras. 6(4): 204 (1885)
  • Dactylostelma Schltr.
  • Gothofreda Vent., nom. rej.
  • Metoxypetalum Morillo
  • Pachyglossum Decne.
  • Rhyssostelma Decne.
  • Schistogyne Hook. & Arn.
  • Schizostemma Decne.
  • Widgrenia Malme

Oxypetalum coeruleum is cultivated as an ornamental.

Species edit

As of November 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

formerly included[9]

moved to other genera (Cynanchum, Morrenia, Philibertia, Tassadia, Tweedia)

  1. O. andinum now Tweedia andina
  2. O. angustifolium now Tweedia birostrata
  3. O. berteroanum now Tassadia berteroanum
  4. O. brevipes now Tweedia birostrata
  5. O. brunonis now Tweedia brunonis
  6. O. echegarayi now Tweedia echegarayi
  7. O. kingii now Tweedia echegarayi
  8. O. niveum now Philibertia nivea
  9. O. rusbyi now Cynanchum rusbyi
  10. O. scalae now Morrenia scalae
  11. O. variegatum now Morrenia variegata

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Oxypetalum R.Br." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, genus Oxypetalum
  3. ^ Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 30.
  4. ^ Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Meve, Ulrich (2006). "The Genera of Asclepiadoideae, Secamonoideae and Periplocoideae (Apocynaceae)". Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  5. ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  6. ^ Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.
  7. ^ Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin de las plantas de los cerrados de la Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz
  8. ^ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
  9. ^ The Plant List, genus Oxypetalum