Holostemma
Genus of plants
| Holostemma | |
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| Holostemma creeper from Mangaon, Maharashtra, India. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Asclepiadeae |
| Genus: | Holostemma R.Br. |
| Species: | H. ada-kodien |
| Binomial name | |
| Holostemma ada-kodien Schult. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Holostemma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. The genus was first described in 1810. As presently constituted, the genus contains only one known species, Holostemma ada-kodien, native to southern Asia (China, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand).[2]
- formerly included[1]
- Holostemma chilense, syn of Cynanchum chilense
- Holostemma laeve, syn of Vincetoxicum laeve
- Holostemma pictum, syn of Graphistemma pictum
- Holostemma sinense, syn of Metaplexis hemsleyana
References
- ^ a b The Plant List
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 227 铰剪藤 jiao jian teng Holostemma ada-kodien Schultes in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 6: 95. 1820.
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