Biology:Cynanchum elegans

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Short description: Species of plant

Cynanchum elegans
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Cynanchum
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cynanchum elegans
(Benth.) Domin[1][2]
Synonyms[3]

Vincetoxicum elegans Benth.

Cynanchum elegans, the white-flowered wax plant, is a plant species in the genus Cynanchum found in New South Wales in Australia .[4] It is a threatened species.[5][6]

It was first described by George Bentham in 1868 as Vincetoxicum elegans, from two specimens: one collected by Woolls and the other by "Miss Scott" (either Helena or Harriet).[7][8] It was assigned to the genus, Cynanchum, in 1928 by Karel Domin.[1][2]

References

External sources

Wikidata ☰ Q5199874 entry