Tylophora

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Tylophora
Tylophora indica at Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Tylophora
R.Br.
Species

60, see text

Tylophora is a genus of climbing plant or vine. It consists of about 60 species from tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, and Australia, most of which are perennial lianas.[1] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek tylos/τυλος "knot", and phoros/φορος "bearing".[2] The genus was originally erected by Robert Brown for four species he described in Australia. It was placed in the Asclepiadaceae.[3] which has now been sunk into Apocynaceae.[4]

Species include:

  • Tylophora arenicola
  • Tylophora astephanoides
  • Tylophora asthmatica[5][6]
  • Tylophora augustiniana
  • Tylophora barbata
  • Tylophora benthamii (previously T. floribunda)
  • Tylophora brownii
  • Tylophora cameroonica
  • Tylophora chingtungensis
  • Tylophora cycleoides
  • Tylophora flexuosa
  • Tylophora forrestii
  • Tylophora glabra
  • Tylophora gracilenta
  • Tylophora henryi
  • Tylophora hui
  • Tylophora indica
  • Tylophora insulana
  • Tylophora kerrii
  • Tylophora koi
  • Tylophora longifolia
  • Tylophora membranacea
  • Tylophora nana
  • Tylophora oligophylla
  • Tylophora oshimae
  • Tylophora ovata
  • Tylophora picta
  • Tylophora rockii
  • Tylophora rotundifolia
  • Tylophora secamonoides
  • Tylophora silvestris
  • Tylophora tengii
  • Tylophora tsiangii
  • Tylophora tuberculata
  • Tylophora uncinata
  • Tylophora urceolata
  • Tylophora yunnanensis

References

  1. ↑ 39. Tylophora R. Brown, Flora of China
  2. ↑ Elliot, Rodger W.; Jones, David L.; Blake, Trevor (2010). Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: Volume 9 – Sp-Z. Port Melbourne: Lothian Press. p. 354. ISBN [[Special:BookSources/0-7344-0974-4 |0-7344-0974-4 [[Category:Articles with invalid ISBNs]]]] Check |isbn= value (help). 
  3. ↑ Forster, Paul I (1992). "A taxonomic revision of Tylophora R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae) in Australia". Australian Systematic Botany 5 (1): 29–51. doi:10.1071/SB9920029. 
  4. ↑ Endress and Bruyns; Bruyns, Peter V. (2000). "A revised classification of the Apocynaceae". Botanical Review 66: 1–56. doi:10.1007/BF02857781. 
  5. ↑ Ethnobotanical Leaflets 2010
  6. ↑ Ethnobotanical Leaflets 2003
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