Tweedia
| Tweedia | |
|---|---|
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| Tweedia birostrata in Chile | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Asclepiadeae |
| Genus: | Tweedia Hook. & Arn. |
| Type species | |
| Tweedia birostrata (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn.[1] | |
Tweedia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1835. The genus is native to South America.[2] An ornamental plant, Oxypetalum coeruleum, formerly included in this genus is commonly referred to as "tweedia".[3][4][5][6][7]
Species
[edit]Current species include:[8]
- Tweedia andina (Phil.) G.H.Rua – Chile
- Tweedia aucaensis G.H. Rua – Argentina
- Tweedia australis (Malme) C. Ezcurra – Argentina
- Tweedia birostrata (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn. – Chile
- Tweedia brunonis Hook. & Arn. – Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
- Tweedia echegarayi (Hieron.) Malme – Argentina
- Tweedia solanoides (Hook. & Arn.) Chittenden – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
formerly included:[8]
- Tweedia coerulea, syn of Oxypetalum coeruleum
- Tweedia floribunda, syn of Oxypetalum solanoides
- Tweedia macrolepis, syn of Oxypetalum macrolepis
- Tweedia versicolor, syn of Oxypetalum coeruleum
References
[edit]- ↑ lectotype designated by Rua, G. H. 1989. Revisión taxonómica del género Tweedia (Asclepiadaceae). Parodiana 5(2): 382.
- ↑ Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Meve, Ulrich (2006). "The Genera of Asclepiadoideae, Secamonoideae and Periplocoideae (Apocynaceae)". Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ↑ Fabris, H. A. 1965. Primulaceae, Myrsinaceae, Ericaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Sapotaceae, Symplocaceae, Oleaceae, Loganiaceae, Gentianaceae, Menyanthaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Convolvulaceae, Bignoniaceae, Campanulaceae in A. Cabrera. 4(5): 6–12; 298–302. In A. L. Cabrera (ed.) Flora de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires.
- ↑ Meyer, T. & N.M. Bacigalupo. 1979. Asclepiadaceae. 5: 103–147. In A. E. Burkart (ed.) Flora Ilustrada de Entre Ríos (Argentina). Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
- ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- ↑ Zuloaga, F. O., O. N. 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.
- ↑ Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157.
- 1 2 The Plant List