Macroscepis

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Macroscepis
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Macroscepis

Kunth
Type species
Macroscepis obovata (syn of M. diademata)[1]
Kunth

Macroscepis is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1819.[2][3] It is native to Latin America and the West Indies.[4][5][6][7]

Species[1]
2
formerly included[1]

moved to Gonolobus, Matelea, Oxypetalum

  1. Macroscepis dutrae now Gonolobus dutrae
  2. Macroscepis longiflora now Matelea longiflora
  3. Macroscepis retusa now Oxypetalum retusum

References

  1. ^ a b c The Plant List, genus Macroscepis
  2. ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1819. Macroscepis. in Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre, & Kunth, Karl Sigismund, Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 3: 200–201, t. 233 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, genus Macroscepis
  4. ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
  5. ^ Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
  6. ^ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
  7. ^ Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalog of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181