Stephanotis

Stephanotis floribunda

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: Marsdenieae
Genus: Stephanotis
Species: S. abyssinica – S. acuminata – S. arabica – S. brevisquama – S. crinita – S. ernstmeyeri – S. faulknerae – S. floribunda – S. grandiflora – S. macrantha – S. rubicunda – S. schimperi – S. stelostigma – S. thouarsii – S. volubilis

Name

Stephanotis Thouars, Gen. Nov. Madagasc. 11 (1806), emend. Liede et al. (2022)

• Lectotype: Stephanotis thouarsii Brongn., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 7: 30 (1837); designated by Bullock, Index Nominum Genericorum Card 03003 (16 Jul 1957), fide Index Nominum Genicorum (ING)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Isaura Comm. ex Poir., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 3: 185 (1813), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Dregea E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 199 (1838), nom. cons. against Dregea Eckl. & Zeyher, Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. 3: 350 (1837), nom. rej., vide Notobubon B.-E. van Wyk (Apiaceae).
    • Type species: Dregea floribunda E.Mey., loc. cit. [≡ Stephanotis ernstmeyeri S.Reuss, Liede & Meve]
  • Pterophora Harv., Gen. S. African Pl.: 223 (1838), nom. illeg. hom., non L., Pl. Rar. Afr.: 17 (1760), vide Pteronia L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2: 1176 (1763) (Asteraceae).
    • Type species: Pterophora dregea Harv. [≡ Stephanotis ernstmeyeri]
  • Hoya [unranked] Wattakaka Endl., Gen. Pl.: 596 (1838), as 'WATTAHAKA'
  • Pterygocarpus Hochst., Flora 26: 78 (1843)
    • Type species: Pterygocarpus abyssinicus Hochst. [≡ Stephanotis abyssinica (Hochst.) S.Reuss, Liede & Meve]
  • Hoya sect. Wattakaka (Endl.) Decne., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 8: 639 (1844)
  • Wattakaka (Endl.) Hassk., Flora 40: 99 (1857)
    • Type species: Wattakaka volubilis (L.f.) Stapf, Bot. Mag. 148: t. 8976 (1923) [≡ Stephanotis volubilis (L.f.) S.Reuss, Liede & Meve]
      • Note: the above typification relies on Liede-Schumann et al. (2022), while Hasskarl cited only Wattakaka viridiflora (R.Br.) Hassk., nom. superfl., another homotypic synonym of Stephanotis volubilis.
  • Chlorochlamys Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 142 (1869)
    • Type species: Chlorochlamys celebica Miq., loc. cit. [= Stephanotis volubilis]
  • Traunia K.Schum., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 22 (1895)
    • Type species: Traunia albiflora K.Schum. [= Stephanotis schimperi (Decne.) S.Reuss, Liede & Meve]
  • Dregea subgen. Traunia (K.Schum.) Bullock, Kew Bull. 11(3): 518 (1956 publ. 1957)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaïre. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central, China South-East. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Jawa, Malaya, Philippines. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thouars, L.M.A. du Petit 1806. Genera nova Madagascariensia, secundum methodum jussiaenam disposita. 29 pp. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15463. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lamarck, J.-B. & Poiret, J.L.M. 1813–1814. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Supplément. 3: 1–368 (1813); 369–780 (1814). H. Agasse, Paris. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Meyer, E.H.F. & Drège, J.F. 1836–1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris quas per Octo Anno Collegit Observationibusque Manuscriptis Illustravit Joannes Franciscus Drège. I–LVI + 1–326 pp. Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. 
• Harvey, W.H. 1838. The genera of South African plants, arranged according to the natural system. lxvi + 429 pp., Cape Town: A.S. Robertson. Hathitrust Reference page. 
• Endlicher, S.L. 1836–1840. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita. (pp I–LX, 1–1484). Vindobonae (Vienna). BHL Reference page. 
• Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) 1844. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 8, Sistens Corolliflorarum Ordines XIII. 684 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Miquel, F.A.G. 1869. De quibusdam Rubiaceis, Apocyneis et Asclepiadeis. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 4: 128–142. BHL Reference page. 
• Bullock, A.A. 1956. Notes on African Asclepiadaceae―VIII. Kew Bulletin 11(3): 503–522. DOI: 10.2307/4109137 Reference page. 
• Liede-Schumann, S., Reuss, S.J., Meve, U., Gâteblé, G., Livshultz, T., Forster, P.I., Wanntorp, L. & Rodda, M. 2022. Phylogeny of Marsdenieae (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) based on chloroplast and nuclear loci, with a conspectus of the genera. Taxon 71(4): 833–875. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12713 Reference page. 

Links

• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar: Stephanotis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2020 28 February.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Stephanotis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Stephanotis. Published online. Accessed: 1 October 2023. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Stephanotis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 October 2023.

Excluded or synonymous taxa

• Stephanotis chinensis Champ. ex Benth.
• Stephanotis chunii Tsiang
• Stephanotis japonica Makino
• Stephanotis longiflora (A.Rich.) Benth. & J.D.Hooker
• Stephanotis longiflora (A.Rich.) M.Gómez
• Stephanotis lutchuensis Koidzumi
• Stephanotis lutchuensis var. japonica (Makino) Hatusima
• Stephanotis maingayi J.D.Hooker
• Stephanotis mucronata Merr.
• Stephanotis nana P.T.Li
• Stephanotis parviflora Ridl.
• Stephanotis pilosa Kerr
• Stephanotis saxatilis Tsiang & P.T.Li
• Stephanotis suaveolens (Blume) K.Schum.
• Stephanotis vincaeflora (Griseb.) M.Gómez
• Stephanotis vincaeflora (Griseb.) Benth. & J.D.Hooker
• Stephanotis yunnanensis H.Lév.

Vernacular names

Nederlands: Bruidsbloem
svenska: Doftrankesläktet

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