Morrenia

Morrenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Morrenia
Lindl.
Type species
Morrenia odorata
Lindl. 1838 not Hort. ex Kunze 1847

Morrenia is a genus of flowering plants in the Apocynaceae family, first described as a genus in 1838.[1][2] It is native to South America.[3][4][5]

Species[6]
  1. Morrenia brachystephana Griseb. - N Argentina
  2. Morrenia hassleriana Malme - Gran Chaco in Paraguay
  3. Morrenia herzogii Schltr. - Trockenwald in Bolivia
  4. Morrenia intermedia T. Mey. - Argentina
  5. Morrenia odorata (Hook. & Arn.) Lindl. - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  6. Morrenia scalae (Hicken) Goyder - Río Negro in Argentina
  7. Morrenia stormiana (Morong) Malme - Brazil, Bolivia
  8. Morrenia stuckertiana (Kurtz ex Heger) Malme - N Argentina
  9. Morrenia variegata (Griseb.) T. Mey. - N Argentina
homonym

Morrenia odorata Hort. ex D.G. Kuntze not (Hook. & Arn.) Lindl. now Mikania glomerata[7]

References

  1. ↑ Lindley, John. 1838. Edwards's Botanical Register 24(Misc.): 71
  2. ↑ Tropicos, genus Morrenia
  3. ↑ Zuloaga, F. O., O. 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.
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ Goyder, D. J. 2003. A synopsis of Morrenia Lindl. (Apocynaceae subfam. Asclepiadoideae). Kew Bulletin 58(3): 713–721.
  6. ↑ The Plant List, genus Morrenia
  7. ↑ The Plant List, Morrenia odorata Hort. ex D.G. Kuntze
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