Gymnanthera is a genus of vines in the family Apocynaceae (previously Asclepiadaceae),[1] first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to China, Southeast Asia, and Australia.[2]

Gymnanthera
Gymnanthera oblonga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Periplocoideae
Genus: Gymnanthera
R.Br.
Selected species[3]
  1. Gymnanthera cunninghamii (Benth.) P.I.Forst. - Enderby Island + Dampier Archipelago of Western Australia[4]
  2. Gymnanthera oblonga (Burm.f.) P.S.Green - S China (Guangdong, Hainan), Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam; Australia

References edit

  1. ^ "Gymnanthera R.Br". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ^ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 193 海岛藤属 hai dao teng shu Gymnanthera R. Brown, Prodr. 464. 1810.
  3. ^ The Plant List, genus Gymnanthera
  4. ^ Bentham, George. 1868 Flora australiensis:a description of the plants of the Australian territory 4: 317