Heterostemma
Unidentified Heterostemma species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus: Heterostemma
Wight & Arn. (1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dittoceras Hook.f. (1883)
  • Oianthus Benth. (1876)
  • Symphysicarpus Hassk. (1857)

Heterostemma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1834.[2] It is native to India, China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, and certain islands in the Pacific.[3][4][5]

Species

45 species are currently accepted:[1]

  1. Heterostemma acuminatum Decne. – Java
  2. Heterostemma alatum Wight & Arn. – Indian subcontinent and Myanmar
  3. Heterostemma andersonii (Hook.f.) Rodda – eastern Himalayas (Sikkim to Darjeeling)
  4. Heterostemma angustilobum Schltr. – Philippines (Mindanao)
  5. Heterostemma barikianum P.Agnihotri, D.Husain, P.Katiyar, D.Sahoo, Rodda & T.Husain – Manipur, Myanmar, and Thailand
  6. Heterostemma beddomei (Hook.f.) Swarupan. & Mangaly – southwestern India
  7. Heterostemma bicanthaceum Meve, Gâteblé & Liede – New Caledonia
  8. Heterostemma brownii Hayata – southern China including Taiwan
  9. Heterostemma carnosum Rodda – eastern New Guinea
  10. Heterostemma collinum Schltr. – New Guinea
  11. Heterostemma cucphuongense T.B.Tran & Rodda – Vietnam
  12. Heterostemma cuspidatum Decne. – Philippines
  13. Heterostemma dalzellii Hook.f. – western India
  14. Heterostemma deccanense (Talbot) Swarupan. & Mangaly – southwestern India (Maharashtra and Kerala)
  15. Heterostemma disciflorum (Hook.f.) Swarupan. & Mangaly – southern India (Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka)
  16. Heterostemma esquirolii (H.Lév.) Tsiang – Thailand and southern China
  17. Heterostemma ficoides A.Kidyoo – Thailand
  18. Heterostemma fimbriatum King & Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia (Perak)
  19. Heterostemma garrettii (Kerr) Rodda – Thailand
  20. Heterostemma grandiflorum Costantin – Vietnam and southern China
  21. Heterostemma herbertii Elmer – Philippines (Luzon)
  22. Heterostemma kaniense Schltr. – New Guinea
  23. Heterostemma lobulatum Y.H.Li & Konta – Yunnan
  24. Heterostemma maculatum (Kerr) Rodda – Thailand
  25. Heterostemma magnificum P.I.Forst. – Australia (Northern Territory)
  26. Heterostemma membranifolium (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Schltr. – Bismarck Archipelago
  27. Heterostemma menghaiense (H.Zhu & H.Wang) M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li - Yunnan, Hainan, and Taiwan
  28. Heterostemma montanum Schltr. – New Guinea
  29. Heterostemma oblongifolium Costantin – Vietnam, Laos, southern China
  30. Heterostemma pingtaoi Shao Y.He & J.Y.Lin – Hainan
  31. Heterostemma piperifolium King & Gamble – southern Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand) and Peninsular Malaysia
  32. Heterostemma samoense (A. Gray) P.I. Forst. – Samoa
  33. Heterostemma saolaense Rodda & T.A.Le – Vietnam
  34. Heterostemma siamicum Craib – Thailand, Vietnam, southern China (southern Yunnan and Guangxi)
  35. Heterostemma sinicum Tsiang – Hainan
  36. Heterostemma stellatum Hook.f. – eastern Himalayas and Assam
  37. Heterostemma suberosum Costantin – Vietnam
  38. Heterostemma succosum Kerr – Thailand
  39. Heterostemma tanjorense Wight & Arn. – India and Sri Lanka
  40. Heterostemma trilobatum A.Kidyoo & Thaithong – Thailand
  41. Heterostemma tsoongii Tsiang - southern China (Guangxi, Fujian, and Hainan)
  42. Heterostemma urceolatum Dalzell – southwestern India (Maharashtra and Karnataka)
  43. Heterostemma vasudevanii Swarupan. & Mangaly – India (Kerala)
  44. Heterostemma wallichii Wight & Arn. - Yunnan, Nepal, Assam, and Bhutan
  45. Heterostemma xuansonense T.B.Tran & J.Hw.Kim – Vietnam

References

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  1. 1 2 Heterostemma Wight & Arn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 42
  3. ↑ Tropicos
  4. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 263 醉魂藤属 zui hun teng shu Heterostemma Wight & Arnott in Wight, Contr. Bot. India. 42. 1834.
  5. ↑ Forster, P. I. 1992. A taxonomic revision of Heterostemma Wight & Arn. (Asclepiadaceae: Stapelieae) in Australia and the West Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 5: 71–80.
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