Biology:Eustegia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Eustegia
Scientific classification e
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Plantae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Tracheophytes
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Angiosperms
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Eudicots
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Asterids
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Gentianales
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Apocynaceae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Asclepiadoideae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Eustegieae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Eustegia
R.Br. 1810 not Raf. 1838

Eustegia is a genus of vines in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus with this name in 1810.[1][2] It is native to southern Africa.[3]

Species, accepted, all endemic to South Africa[4]
  1. Eustegia filiformis (L.f.) Schult.
  2. Eustegia fraterna N.E.Br.
  3. Eustegia hastata (Thunb.) R. Br. ex Schult.
  4. Eustegia macropetala Schltr.
  5. Eustegia minuta (L.f.) N.E.Br.
  6. Eustegia plicata Schinz

References

  1. Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 40
  2. Tropicos, genus Eustegia
  3. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. The Plant List, genus Eustegia

Wikidata ☰ Q15088172 entry