Matelea

Matelea
Matelea denticulata [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Asclepiadeae
Genus:	Matelea Aubl. [2]
Synonyms [3]
AmphorellaBrandegee (1910) CallaeolepiumH.Karst. (1866) CoelostelmaE.Fourn. (1885) CyclodonSmall (1933) EdisoniaSmall (1933) HeliostemmaWoodson (1935) HimantostemmaA.Gray (1885) HosteaWilld. (1798), nom. superfl. JacaimaRendle (1936) LabidostelmaSchltr. (1906) LhotzkyellaRauschert (1982) MalinvaudiaE.Fourn. (1885) MatellaBartl. (1830), orth. var. MicrodactylonBrandegee (1908) OdontostephanaAlexander (1933) OmphalophthalmaH.Karst. (1866) PachystelmaBrandegee (1920) PeckoltiaE.Fourn. (1885) PoicillaGriseb. (1866) PoicillopsisSchltr. (1912) ProsthecidiscusDonn.Sm. (1898) PulvinariaE.Fourn. (1885), nom. illeg. PycnobregmaBaill. (1890) RothrockiaA.Gray (1885) RytidolomaTurcz. (1852) TetracustelmaBaill. (1890) TrichosacmeZucc. (1845) TympanantheHassk. (1847) UrostephanusB.L.Rob. & Greenm. (1895)

Matelea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines. ^[4] Some people consider Chthamalia to be a synonym to or a subgenus of Matelea. ^[5]

Species

As of November 2023 ^[update] , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: ^[6]

• Matelea abbreviata Standl. & L.O.Williams
• Matelea acevedoi Morillo
• Matelea acuminata (Griseb.) Woodson
• Matelea adenocardia (Standl.) Woodson
• Matelea alabamensis (Vail) Woodson
• Matelea alainii Woodson
• Matelea altamirana Morillo
• Matelea ampiyacuensis Morillo
• Matelea andina (Malme) Morillo
• Matelea angustifolia (Griseb.) Greuter & Liede
• Matelea angustiloba (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) W.D.Stevens
• Matelea annulata Alain
• Matelea araneosa (Donn.Sm.) Woodson
• Matelea asplundii (Malme) Morillo
• Matelea atrocoronata (Brandegee) Woodson
• Matelea atrolingua Morillo, I.L.Morais & Farinaccio
• Matelea atrostellata Rintz
• Matelea attenuata (Rusby) Morillo
• Matelea bahiensis Morillo & Fontella
• Matelea baldwyniana (Sweet) Woodson
• Matelea barrosiana Fontella
• Matelea belizensis (Lundell & Standl.) Woodson
• Matelea bicolor (Britton & P.Wilson) Woodson
• Matelea bolivarensis Morillo
• Matelea boliviana Morillo
• Matelea brevicoronata (B.L.Rob.) Woodson
• Matelea brevistipitata Krings & Morillo
• Matelea calcicola (Greenm.) Woodson
• Matelea callejasii Morillo
• Matelea camiloana Morillo
• Matelea campechiana (Standl.) Woodson
• Matelea camporum (Brandegee) Woodson
• Matelea capillacea (E.Fourn.) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz
• Matelea cardozoi Morillo
• Matelea carmenaemiliae Morillo
• Matelea carnevaliana Morillo
• Matelea carolinensis (Jacq.) Woodson
• Matelea castanea (Brandegee) Woodson
• Matelea cayennensis Morillo
• Matelea cervantesii Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado
• Matelea chihuahuensis (A.Gray) Woodson
• Matelea chimboracensis Morillo
• Matelea chrysantha (Greenm.) Woodson
• Matelea congesta (Decne.) Woodson
• Matelea constanzana J.Jiménez Alm.
• Matelea coriacea Morillo
• Matelea cornejoi Morillo
• Matelea corniculata W.D.Stevens & Arbeláez
• Matelea correllii Spellman
• Matelea corrugata W.D.Stevens
• Matelea corynephora Krings
• Matelea costaricensis W.D.Stevens
• Matelea costata (Urb.) Morillo
• Matelea crassifolia Woodson
• Matelea cremersii Morillo
• Matelea crenata (Vail) Woodson
• Matelea crispiflora (Urb.) J.Jiménez Alm.
• Matelea cuatrecasasii Morillo
• Matelea cynanchoides (Engelm. & A.Gray) Woodson
• Matelea decipiens (Alexander) Woodson
• Matelea delascioi Morillo
• Matelea dictyopetala (Urb. & Ekman) Krings
• Matelea diversifolia (E.Fourn.) Morillo & Fontella
• Matelea domingensis (Alain) Krings
• Matelea dusenii Morillo
• Matelea dwyeri Morillo
• Matelea ecuadorensis (Schltr.) Morillo
• Matelea edwardsensis Correll
• Matelea ekmanii (Urb.) Woodson
• Matelea elachyantha W.D.Stevens
• Matelea emmartinezii W.D.Stevens
• Matelea falcata Juárez-Jaimes, G.M.Hern.-Barón & W.D.Stevens
• Matelea fendleri Morillo
• Matelea ferruginea W.D.Stevens
• Matelea filipes W.D.Stevens & Monterrosa
• Matelea flavidula (Chapm.) Woodson
• Matelea floridana (Vail) Woodson
• Matelea fontellana Morillo
• Matelea forerana Morillo
• Matelea fournieri Morillo
• Matelea fruticosa (Brandegee) Woodson
• Matelea funkiana Morillo
• Matelea furvescens W.D.Stevens
• Matelea geminiflora (Decne.) Fontella
• Matelea gentlei (Lundell & Standl.) Woodson
• Matelea gilbertoana Krings
• Matelea glandulosa (Poepp. ex Decne.) Morillo
• Matelea gonoloboides (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Woodson
• Matelea graciliflora Krings & Morillo
• Matelea gracilis (Decne.) W.D.Stevens
• Matelea greenmanii Shinners
• Matelea greggii (Vail) Woodson
• Matelea grenandii Morillo
• Matelea grisebachiana (Schltr.) Alain
• Matelea guatemalensis (K.Schum.) Woodson
• Matelea haberi W.D.Stevens
• Matelea haitiensis (P.T.Li) Krings
• Matelea harlingii Morillo
• Matelea hastata Alain
• Matelea hastulata (A.Gray) Sundell
• Matelea hatschbachii (Fontella & C.Valente) Morillo
• Matelea herbacea Woodson
• Matelea hildegardiana Morillo
• Matelea hirtelliflora McDonnell & Fishbein
• Matelea holstii Morillo & Carnevali
• Matelea honorana Morillo
• Matelea inconspicua (Brandegee) Woodson
• Matelea inops Woodson
• Matelea insolita W.D.Stevens
• Matelea ionantha Woodson
• Matelea jansen-jacobsiae Morillo
• Matelea jaramilloi Morillo
• Matelea jenmanii (Morillo) Morillo
• Matelea johnstonii Shinners
• Matelea kirkbridei Morillo
• Matelea klugii Morillo
• Matelea lanata (Zucc.) Woodson
• Matelea lanceolata (Decne.) Woodson
• Matelea lehmannii (Schltr.) Morillo
• Matelea lesueurii (Standl.) Woodson
• Matelea leucodermis (Rusby) Morillo
• Matelea lhotzkyana (E.Fourn.) Fontella
• Matelea liesneri Morillo
• Matelea ligustrina (Decne.) Morillo
• Matelea linearipetala Alain
• Matelea magallanesii E.J.Lott
• Matelea marcoassisii Fontella
• Matelea matezkii Morillo
• Matelea matogrossensis Fontella
• Matelea medusae Woodson
• Matelea meyeri Woodson
• Matelea micrantha L.O.Williams
• Matelea microphylla Morillo
• Matelea molinarum L.O.Williams
• Matelea monticola Alain
• Matelea mutisiana Morillo
• Matelea neblinae Morillo
• Matelea neei Morillo
• Matelea nielsenii Morillo
• Matelea nigrescens (Schltdl.) Woodson
• Matelea nipensis (Urb.) Woodson
• Matelea oaxacana (Standl.) W.D.Stevens
• Matelea obliqua (Jacq.) Woodson
• Matelea ocellata W.D.Stevens
• Matelea ochracea Morillo
• Matelea oldemanii Morillo
• Matelea orthoneura Morillo
• Matelea orthosioides (E.Fourn.) Fontella
• Matelea pakaraimensis Krings
• Matelea palustris Aubl.
• Matelea panamensis Spellman & Dwyer
• Matelea parvifolia (Torr.) Woodson
• Matelea pastazana Morillo
• Matelea patalensis (Donn.Sm.) Woodson
• Matelea pauciflora (Spreng.) Woodson
• Matelea pedalis (E.Fourn.) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz
• Matelea pedicellata (Malme) Morillo
• Matelea pentactina Krings
• Matelea petiolaris (A.Gray) Woodson
• Matelea phainops Krings
• Matelea picturata (Hemsl.) Woodson
• Matelea pilosa (Benth.) Woodson
• Matelea pinguifolia (Standl.) Woodson
• Matelea porphyrantha (Standl.) Woodson
• Matelea porphyrocephala Morillo
• Matelea pringlei (A.Gray) Woodson
• Matelea proctorii Krings
• Matelea prosthecidiscus Woodson
• Matelea pseudobarbata (Pittier) Woodson
• Matelea pubescens (Griseb.) Krings
• Matelea pueblensis (Brandegee) Woodson
• Matelea punensis Morillo
• Matelea purpureolineata Woodson
• Matelea purpusii (Brandegee) Woodson
• Matelea pusilliflora L.O.Williams
• Matelea pyrrhotricha (Decne.) Fontella
• Matelea quercetorum (Standl.) W.D.Stevens
• Matelea quindecimlobata Farinaccio & W.D.Stevens
• Matelea radiata Correll
• Matelea refracta (E.Fourn.) Morillo
• Matelea reitzii Fontella
• Matelea reticulata (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Woodson
• Matelea rhamnifolia (Griseb.) Krings
• Matelea rhynchocephala Krings
• Matelea rivularis Woodson
• Matelea rogersii Woodson
• Matelea romeroi Morillo
• Matelea sagittifolia (A.Gray) Woodson ex Shinners
• Matelea sanojana Krings & Morillo
• Matelea sastrei Morillo
• Matelea schultesii Morillo & Carnevali
• Matelea schunkei Morillo
• Matelea serpens Woodson
• Matelea sintenisii (Schltr.) Woodson
• Matelea sprucei Morillo
• Matelea squiresii (Rusby) Morillo
• Matelea stenopetala Sandwith
• Matelea stenosepala Lundell
• Matelea stergiosii Morillo
• Matelea suareziae Morillo
• Matelea suberifera (B.L.Rob.) W.D.Stevens
• Matelea subsessilifolia Morillo
• Matelea sucrensis Morillo
• Matelea sugillata W.D.Stevens
• Matelea sylvicola L.O.Williams
• Matelea tamnifolia (Griseb.) Woodson
• Matelea tarrazuana J.E.Jiménez & Hidalgo-Mora
• Matelea tenuis Woodson
• Matelea texensis Correll
• Matelea tezcatlipocantha E.B.Cortez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado
• Matelea tigrina (Griseb.) Woodson
• Matelea tinctoria Woodson
• Matelea tlilxochitli E.B.Cortez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado
• Matelea torulosa Krings
• Matelea trichopedicellata Krings & Morillo
• Matelea tristiflora (Standl.) Woodson
• Matelea tuerckheimii (Donn.Sm.) Woodson
• Matelea umbellata (Brandegee) Woodson
• Matelea urophylla L.O.Williams
• Matelea vailiana Woodson
• Matelea vargasii Morillo
• Matelea variifolia (Schltr.) Woodson
• Matelea vaupesana Morillo
• Matelea velutina (Schltdl.) Woodson
• Matelea velutinoides W.D.Stevens
• Matelea violacea Woodson
• Matelea virginiae Morillo
• Matelea weberbaueri Morillo
• Matelea woodsonii Shinners
• Matelea wootonii (Vail) Woodson
• Matelea woytkowskii Morillo

Formerly placed here

• Matelea alicieaeMorillo = Peruviasclepias aliciae (Morillo) Morillo
• Matelea amazonicaMorillo = Riparoampelos amazonicus (Morillo) Morillo
• Matelea arizonica(A.Gray) Shinners = Gonolobus arizonicus
• Matelea borinquensisAlain = Matelea variifolia
• Matelea cyclophylla(Standl.) Woodson = Suberogerens cyclophylla (Standl.) Morillo
• Matelea fimbriatifloraMorillo = Gonolobus fimbriatiflorus
• Matelea fulvida(F.Ballard) W.D.Stevens and Matelea grandifloraStandl. = Rotundanthus fulvidus (F.Ballard) Morillo
• Matelea gonocarpos(Walter) Shinners = Gonolobus suberosus
• Matelea gracieaeMorillo = Graciemoriana gracieae (Morillo) Morillo
• Matelea yanomamicaMorillo = Orinoquia yanomamica (Morillo) Morillo

References

1. 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
2. "Genus: Matelea Aubl". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-13. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
3. [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30001048-2 Matelea Aubl. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 25 October 2023.
4. "Matelea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2011-01-27.
5. Woodson, Robert E. (1941). "The North American Asclepiadaceae. I. Perspective of the Genera". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 28 (2): 193–244. doi:10.2307/2394270. JSTOR   2394270.
6. "Matelea Aubl." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2023-11-29.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment