Lygisma

Lygisma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Flowering plants
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Lygisma
Hook.f.
Type species
Lygisma angustifolia
(Wight) Hook.f.

Lygisma is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1883.[1] It is native to southern China, Indochina, Malaysia, and the Himalayas.[2][3]

Species[4]
  1. Lygisma angustifolia (Wight) Hook.f. - Himalayas
  2. Lygisma flavum (Ridl.) Kerr - Peninsular Malaysia
  3. Lygisma inflexum (Costantin) Kerr - Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
  4. Lygisma nervosum Kerr - Thailand

References

  1. ↑ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 15: , pl. 1423
  2. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 262 折冠藤属 zhe guan teng shu Lygisma J. D. Hooker, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 15: 18, t. 1423. 1883.
  3. ↑ Tropicos, genus Lygisma
  4. ↑ The Plant List, genus Lygisma

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