Apteranthes

Apteranthes europaea

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: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Apteranthes
Species: A. buchardii – A. europaea – A. faucicola – A. joannis – A. munbyana – A. staintonii – A. tuberculata

Name

Apteranthes J.C.Mikan, Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 17: 593. (1835)

• Type species: Apteranthes europaea (Guss.) Murb., Acta Univ. Lund. 34(7): 2. (1898)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ceropegia sect. Apteranthes (J.C.Mikan) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 413. (2017)
• Heterotypic
  • Borealluma Plowes, Haseltonia 3: 63. 1995.
    • Type species: Borealluma munbyana (Decne. ex Munby) Plowes
  • Caralluma subg. Urmalcala (Ehrenb.) M.G.Gilbert, Bradleya 8: 15. 1990.
    • Type species: Caralluma tuberculata N.E.Br.
      

Note: A possible synonym of Ceropegia s.l. (Bruyns et al., 2017 & Hassler, 2021 c.f. Govaerts et al., 2021).

References

• Mikan, J.C. 1835. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum Exhibentia Ephemerides sive Observationes Historias et Experimenta 17: 593.
• Bensusan, K. 2009. Taxonomy and conservation status of Moroccan Stapeliads. Bulletin de l’Institut Scientifique, Rabat, section Sciences de la Vie 31(2): 67–77.[1].
• Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. 2017. A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae). South African Journal of Botany 112: 399–436. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.06.021 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Apteranthes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 JUly 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Apteranthes. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Apteranthes. Published online. Accessed: July 22 2021.
• Gilbert, M.G. 1990. Bradleya 8: 15.
• Crespo Villalba, M.B. 2006. Nomenclatural changes in Apteranthes Mikan (Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae). Flora Montiberica 32 15-20.
• Meve, U. & Liede, S. 2002. A molecular phylogeny and generic rearrangement of the stapelioid Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 34(1): 171-209. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0220-2 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Apteranthes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Mar. 2022.

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