Tweedia

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Tweedia
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Tweedia birostrata in Chile
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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

Current species include: [8]

  1. Tweedia andina (Phil.) G.H.Rua – Chile
  2. Tweedia aucaensis G.H. Rua – Argentina
  3. Tweedia australis (Malme) C. Ezcurra – Argentina
  4. Tweedia birostrata (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn. – Chile
  5. Tweedia brunonis Hook. & Arn. – Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
  6. Tweedia echegarayi (Hieron.) Malme – Argentina
  7. Tweedia solanoides (Hook. & Arn.) Chittenden – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay

formerly included: [8]

  1. Tweedia coerulea, syn of Oxypetalum coeruleum
  2. Tweedia floribunda, syn of Oxypetalum solanoides
  3. Tweedia macrolepis, syn of Oxypetalum macrolepis
  4. Tweedia versicolor, syn of Oxypetalum coeruleum

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Rua, G. H. 1989. Revisión taxonómica del género Tweedia (Asclepiadaceae). Parodiana 5(2): 382.
  2. ↑ Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Meve, Ulrich (2006). "The Genera of Asclepiadoideae, Secamonoideae and Periplocoideae (Apocynaceae)" . Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157.
  8. 1 2 The Plant List
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