Metalepis

Metalepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Metalepis
Griseb.

Metalepis is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1866.[1] It is native to northern South America, Central America, Mexico, Florida, and the West Indies.[2][3][4][5]

Species[6]
  1. Metalepis albiflora Urb. - Colombia, Ecuador, Fr Guiana, N Brazil, West Indies
  2. Metalepis cubensis (A. Rich.) Griseb. - Florida, Cuba, Belize, Veracruz in Mexico
  3. Metalepis gentryi Morillo - Ecuador
  4. Metalepis haughtii (Woodson) Morillo - Ecuador
  5. Metalepis peraffinis (Woodson) Morillo - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
  6. Metalepis prevostiae Morillo - French Guyana, Panama
formerly included[6]

References

  1. ↑ Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1866. Catalogus plantarum cubensium exhibens collectionem Wrightianam aliasque minores ex insula Cuba missas 179 in Latin
  2. ↑ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
  3. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
  4. ↑ León Yánez, S., R. Valencia Reyes, N. C. A. Pitman, L. Endara, C. Ulloa Ulloa & H. Navarrete. 2011. Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador, 2ª edición 1–957. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito
  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. ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Plant List