Dregea

Dregea
Dregea sinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Dregea
E.Mey. 1838, conserved name, not Eckl. & Zeyh. 1837
Type species
Dregea floribunda
E.Mey.
Synonyms[1]

Wattakaka Hasskarl

Dregea is a genus of vines in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus with this name in 1838.[2] It is native to Africa and southern Asia.[1]

Species[3]
  1. Dregea abyssinica (Hochst.) K.Schum. - Ethiopia
  2. Dregea crinita (Oliv.) Bullock - Nigeria
  3. Dregea cuneifolia Tsiang & P.T.Li - Guangxi Province in China
  4. Dregea faulknerae Bullock - Tanzania
  5. Dregea floribunda E.Mey. - South Africa
  6. Dregea lanceolata (Cooke) Santapau & Wagh - Maharashtra
  7. Dregea rubicunda K.Schum. - Kenya, Uganda
  8. Dregea sinensis Hemsl. - China (Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Zhejiang)
  9. Dregea schimperi (Decne.) Bullock - Ethiopia
  10. Dregea stelostigma (K.Schum.) Bullock - tropical Africa
  11. Dregea volubilis (L.f.) Benth. ex Hook.f. - China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Taiwan, Yunnan) Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kashmir, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  12. Dregea yunnanensis (Tsiang) Tsiang & P.T.Li - China (Gansu, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan)
  13. Dregea volubilis Stapf - Sri Lanka

References

  1. 1 2 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 250, 南山藤属 nan shan teng shu Dregea E. Meyer, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 199. 1838. Dregea sp.
  2. ↑ Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich . 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 199
  3. ↑ The Plant List, genus Dregea
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