Sarcostemma
Sign in to savethumb|right|200px|Sarcostemma australe Sarcostemma is a formerly recognized genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. The name is derived from the Greek words σαρκὸς (sarkos), meaning "flesh," and στέμμα (stemma), meaning "garland". Members of the genus were known generally as climbing milkweeds or caustic bushes. The genus Sarcostemma has been shown to be nested within the genus Cynanchum, and in 2012 Sarcostemma was put into synonymy with Cynanchum.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 365
- With media
- 267
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, FC-UNAM, INECOL, CICY, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG, NY
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Brazil, United States, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, India
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Selected former species
- References
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thumb|right|200px|Sarcostemma australe Sarcostemma is a formerly recognized genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. The name is derived from the Greek words σαρκὸς (sarkos), meaning "flesh," and στέμμα (stemma), meaning "garland". Members of the genus were known generally as climbing milkweeds or caustic bushes. The genus Sarcostemma has been shown to be nested within the genus Cynanchum, and in 2012 Sarcostemma was put into synonymy with Cynanchum.
==Selected former species== Moved to other genera (Cynanchum, Funastrum, Leptadenia, Philibertia).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sarcostemma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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