Ampelamus

Ampelamus ligulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Metastelmatinae
Genus: Ampelamus
Species: A. laevis – A. ligulatus – A. volubilis

Name

Ampelamus Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 192. (1819)

• Type species: Ampelamus laevis (Michx.) Krings, Sida 19: 927. (2001) originally designated as synonym Ampelamus albidus (Nutt.) Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 314. (1894)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Enslenia Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 164 (1818), nom. illeg. non Enslenia Raf., Fl. Ludov. 35. (1817) (Scrophulariaceae)
• Homotypic
  • Cynanchum subgen. Ampelamus (Raf.) Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28: 211. (1941)
  • Cynanchum sect. Ampelamus (Raf.) Sundell Evol. Monogr. 5: 15. (1981)
• Heterotypic
  • Nematuris Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(1): 254 (1848)
  • Mellichampia A.Gray ex S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 437 (1887)

References

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1819. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review 1: 192.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Ampelamus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ampelamus. Published online. Accessed Sept. 23 2018.
• Krings, A. 2001. Neotypification of Enslenia albida and a new combination in Ampelamus for Cynanchum laeve (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae). Sida: Contributions to Botany 19(4): 925-929. JSTOR
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ampelamus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 23 Sept. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Honeyvine Milkweed

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