Nephradenia

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Nephradenia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Nephradenia
Decne.
Type species
Nephradenia acerosa

Nephradenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. [1] They are native to South America. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Species
  1. Nephradenia acerosa Decne. - Goiás
  2. Nephradenia asparagoides (Decne.) E.Fourn. - Bahia
  3. Nephradenia filipes Malme - Serra da Chapada in Matto Grosso
  4. Nephradenia linearis Benth. ex E.Fourn. - N Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela
formerly included

transferred to other genera (Blepharodon, Marsdenia)

  1. Nephradenia fruticosa synonym of Marsdenia fruticosa
  2. Nephradenia linearis synonym of Blepharodon lineare
  3. Nephradenia neriifolia synonym of Blepharodon gomphocarpoides

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References

  1. Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 603 in Latin
  2. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  3. Killeen, T. J. & T. S. Schulenberg. 1998. A biological assessment of Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia. RAP Working Papers 10: 1–372.
  4. Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin Pl. Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz
  5. Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.