Biology:Wattakaka

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Wattakaka
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Wattakaka volubilis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Marsdenieae
Genus: Wattakaka
Hassk.[1]
Species

See text.

Wattakaka is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, native to from south China through tropical Asia.[2] The genus was established by Justus Carl Hasskarl in 1857.[1] It is placed in subfamily Asclepiadoideae, tribe Marsdenieae.[3]

Species

(As of January 2023), Plants of the World Online accepted two species:[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Wattakaka Hassk.", The International Plant Names Index, http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=3796-1, retrieved 2023-02-09 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Wattakaka Hassk.", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3796-1, retrieved 2023-02-09 
  3. Nazar, Nazia; Clarkson, James J.; Goyder, David; Kaky, Emad; Mahmood, Tariq; Chase, Mark W. (2019), "Phylogenetic relationships in Apocynaceae based on nuclear PHYA and plastid trnL-F sequences, with a focus on tribal relationships", Caryologia 72 (1): 55–81, doi:10.13128/cayologia-251 

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