Araujia sericifera

Araujia sericifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Oxypetalinae
Genus: Araujia
Species: Araujia sericifera

Name

Araujia sericifera, Brot., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12(1): 62. 1818.

Synonyms

Heterotypic

• Araujia albens (Mart.) G.Don -- Gen. Hist. 4: 149. 1837.
• Araujia calycina Decne., Prodr. (de Candolle) 8: 534. 1844.
• Araujia grandiflora (Mart.) Morong Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7. 161. 1893.
• Araujia hortorum E.Fourn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 6(4): 293. 1885.
• Araujia sericifera f. calycina (Decne.) Malme, Ark. Bot. 8(1): 17. 1909.
• Araujia sericifera f. hortorum (E.Fourn.) Malme, Ark. Bot. 8(1): 18. 1909.
• Araujia sericifera var. hortorum (E.Fourn.) Malme, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 34(7): 74 (t. 3, fig. 7). 1900.
• Physianthus albens Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 54. 1824.
• Schubertia grandiflora Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 1. 57. 1823.

References

• Syst. veg. 6:120. 1820 (R. Brown, Asclepiadeae 41. 1810; Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1:52. 1811, nom. inval.)
• Araujia sericifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 09-Oct-10.
• Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 22 Aug 2009 [1].

Vernacular names

English: white bladderflower

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