Oxypetalum

Oxypetalum
Oxypetalum coeruleum, flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Oxypetalum
R.Br. 1810, conserved name
Synonyms[1][2]

Gothofreda Vent. 1808, rejected name

Oxypetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the Apocynaceae family, first described with this name in 1810.[3] The genus is native to South America.[1][4][5][6][7][8]

Oxypetalum coeruleum is cultivated as an ornamental.

Species[9]
  1. Oxypetalum acerosum - Paraguay
  2. Oxypetalum aequaliflorum - Brazil
  3. Oxypetalum albicans - Brazil
  4. Oxypetalum alpinum - Brazil
  5. Oxypetalum appendiculatum - Paraguay, Brazil
  6. Oxypetalum arachnoideum - Rio de Janeiro
  7. Oxypetalum arenicola - Argentina
  8. Oxypetalum argentinum - Argentina
  9. Oxypetalum arnottianum - Brazil
  10. Oxypetalum arvense - Brazil
  11. Oxypetalum attenuatum - Bolivia
  12. Oxypetalum aurantiacum - Paraguay
  13. Oxypetalum balansae - Paraguay
  14. Oxypetalum banksii - Bahia
  15. Oxypetalum barberoanum - Paraguay
  16. Oxypetalum boliviense - Bolivia
  17. Oxypetalum boudetii
  18. Oxypetalum brachystemma - Argentina, Bolivia
  19. Oxypetalum brachystephanum - Paraguay
  20. Oxypetalum campestre - Brazil
  21. Oxypetalum capitatum - Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname
  22. Oxypetalum ceratostemma - Paraguay
  23. Oxypetalum charrua - Brazil, Argentina, Chile
  24. Oxypetalum chodatianum - Paraguay
  25. Oxypetalum coalitum - Brazil
  26. Oxypetalum coccineum - Argentina
  27. Oxypetalum coeruleum - Argentina
  28. Oxypetalum commersonianum - Uruguay
  29. Oxypetalum confusum - Rio Grande do Sul
  30. Oxypetalum cordifolium - widespread from Cuba + San Luis Potosí south to Peru
  31. Oxypetalum costae - Rio de Janeiro
  32. Oxypetalum crispum - Bolivia, S Brazil
  33. Oxypetalum dactylostelma - Bolivia
  34. Oxypetalum dombeyanum - Peru
  35. Oxypetalum dusenii - Paraná
  36. Oxypetalum ekblomii - Matto Grosso
  37. Oxypetalum erectum - Minas Gerais
  38. Oxypetalum erianthum - Goiás
  39. Oxypetalum erostre - Brazil
  40. Oxypetalum fiebrigii - Bolivia, Argentina
  41. Oxypetalum filamentosum - Paraguay
  42. Oxypetalum flavopurpureum - Bolivia, Peru
  43. Oxypetalum foliosum - São Paulo
  44. Oxypetalum fontellae - N Argentina
  45. Oxypetalum fuscum - Bolivia
  46. Oxypetalum glabrescens - Paraguay
  47. Oxypetalum glabrum - Minas Gerais
  48. Oxypetalum glaziovianum - Brazil
  49. Oxypetalum glaziovii - Brazil
  50. Oxypetalum gracile - N Argentina
  51. Oxypetalum guaraniticum - Argentina
  52. Oxypetalum gyrophyllum - Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
  53. Oxypetalum habrogynum - Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra in Minas Gerais
  54. Oxypetalum harleyi - NE Brazil
  55. Oxypetalum helios - Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra in Minas Gerais
  56. Oxypetalum hilarianum - Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, Misiones in Argentina
  57. Oxypetalum hoehnei - Paraná
  58. Oxypetalum humile - Paraguay
  59. Oxypetalum incanum - São Paulo
  60. Oxypetalum insigne - São Paulo
  61. Oxypetalum jacobinae - Bahia
  62. Oxypetalum joergensenii - Argentina
  63. Oxypetalum kleinii - Santa Catarina
  64. Oxypetalum kuhlmannianum - Minas Gerais
  65. Oxypetalum lanatum - Serra dos Órgãos in Rio de Janeiro
  66. Oxypetalum leonii - Minas Gerais
  67. Oxypetalum lineare - São Paulo
  68. Oxypetalum lutescens - Rio de Janeiro
  69. Oxypetalum lynchianum - Chaco in Argentina
  70. Oxypetalum macrolepis - Brazil
  71. Oxypetalum malmei - Paraná
  72. Oxypetalum marginatum - Sierra de Maracayú in Paraguay
  73. Oxypetalum martii - Bahia
  74. Oxypetalum melinioides - Minas Gerais
  75. Oxypetalum mexiae - Minas Gerais
  76. Oxypetalum microphyllum - Mountains of Rio Jacquy in Brazil
  77. Oxypetalum minarum - Brazil
  78. Oxypetalum molle - Santa Catarina
  79. Oxypetalum montanum - Jiambe da Villa do Principe in Brazil
  80. Oxypetalum morilloanum - Santa Catarina
  81. Oxypetalum mosenii - Rio Grande do Sul
  82. Oxypetalum mucronatum - Brazil
  83. Oxypetalum muticum - Brazil
  84. Oxypetalum nanum - Paraguay
  85. Oxypetalum nitidum - São Paulo
  86. Oxypetalum oblanceolatum - Paraná
  87. Oxypetalum obtusifolium - Paraná
  88. Oxypetalum ophiuroideum - Sierra de Maracayú in Paraguay
  89. Oxypetalum ostenii - Argentina
  90. Oxypetalum pachyglossum - Bahia, São Paulo
  91. Oxypetalum pachygynum - Minas Gerais
  92. Oxypetalum pannosum - Brazil
  93. Oxypetalum pardense - Brazil
  94. Oxypetalum parviflorum - Rio Grande do Sul
  95. Oxypetalum patulum - Brazil
  96. Oxypetalum pearsonii - Rurrenabaque in Bolivia
  97. Oxypetalum pedicellatum - Brazil
  98. Oxypetalum pentasetum - Yungas in Bolivia
  99. Oxypetalum pilosum - Pedra Bonita in Brazil
  100. Oxypetalum polyanthum - Brazil
  101. Oxypetalum rariflorum - Paraná
  102. Oxypetalum reflexum - Sierra de Amambay in Paraguay
  103. Oxypetalum regnellii - Minas Gerais
  104. Oxypetalum reitzii - Santa Catarina
  105. Oxypetalum retusum - Peru
  106. Oxypetalum rojasianum - Paraguay
  107. Oxypetalum rusticum - Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais
  108. Oxypetalum schottii - Brazil
  109. Oxypetalum schulzii - Argentina, Uruguay
  110. Oxypetalum solanoides - Buenos Aires Province in Argentina
  111. Oxypetalum stenophyllum - Paraná
  112. Oxypetalum stipatum - Brazil
  113. Oxypetalum streptanthum - Machachi in Ecuador
  114. Oxypetalum strictum - Brazil
  115. Oxypetalum subcapitatum - Sierra de Maracayú in Paraguay
  116. Oxypetalum sublanatum - Brazil
  117. Oxypetalum suboppositum - Paraguay
  118. Oxypetalum tomentosum - Maldonado in Uruguay
  119. Oxypetalum tubatum - Paraná
  120. Oxypetalum urbanianum - Minas Gerais
  121. Oxypetalum warmingii - Brazil
  122. Oxypetalum weberbaueri - Peru
  123. Oxypetalum wightianum - Brazil
formerly included[9]

moved to other genera (Calostigma, Cynanchum, Gothofreda, Morrenia, Philibertia, Tassadia, Tweedia)

  1. O. ampliflorum now Gothofreda ampliflora
  2. O. andinum now Tweedia andina
  3. O. angustifolium now Tweedia birostrata
  4. O. berteroanum now Tassadia berteroanum
  5. O. brevipes now Tweedia birostrata
  6. O. brunonis now Tweedia brunonis
  7. O. burchellii now Calostigma burchellii
  8. O. deltoideum now Gothofreda deltoidea
  9. O. dentatum now Gothofreda dentata
  10. O. echegarayi now Tweedia echegarayi
  11. O. glomeratum now Gothofreda glomerata
  12. O. grandiflorum now Gothofreda grandiflora
  13. O. insigne var. burchellii now Calostigma burchellii
  14. O. kingii now Tweedia echegarayi
  15. O. lagoense now Gothofreda lagoensis
  16. O. ligulatum now Gothofreda ligulata
  17. O. maritimum now Gothofreda maritima
  18. O. monanthum now Gothofreda monantha
  19. O. multiflorum now Calostigma multiflorum
  20. O. niveum now Philibertia nivea
  21. O. pauperculum now Gothofreda paupercula
  22. O. rusbyi now Cynanchum rusbyi
  23. O. scalae now Morrenia scalae
  24. O. stigmatosum now Gothofreda stigmatosa
  25. O. subhirtellum now Gothofreda subhirtella
  26. O. ternifolium now Gothofreda ternifolia
  27. O. variegatum now Morrenia variegata
  28. O. villosum now Gothofreda villosa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tropicos, genus Oxypetalum
  2. Ventenat, Etienne Pierre. 1808. Choix de Plantes, Dont la Plupart Sont Cultivées dans le Jardin de Cels 36, t. 60. in French + Latin
  3. Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 30.
  4. Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Meve, Ulrich (2006). "The Genera of Asclepiadoideae, Secamonoideae and Periplocoideae (Apocynaceae)". Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  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. 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. Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin de las plantas de los cerrados de la Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz
  8. 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
  9. 9.0 9.1 The Plant List, genus Oxypetalum
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