Tweedia

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: Oxypetalinae
Genus: Tweedia
Species: T. andina – T. aucaensis – T. birostrata – T. brunonis – T. echegarayi – T. stipitata

Name

Tweedia Hook. & Arn., J. Bot. (Hooker) 1: 291. (1834)

• Type species: Tweedia brunonis Hook. & Arn., J. Bot. (Hooker) 1: 292 (1834)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Turrigera Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 590 (1844)
    • Type species: Turrigera inconspicua Decne in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 590 (1844)

References

• Hooker, W.J. & Arnott, G.A.W. 1834. Journal of Botany, (Being a Second Series of the Botanical Miscellany), Containing Figures and Descriptions. London 1: 291.
• Calviño, C.I., Fernandez, M. & Ezcurra, C. 2014. Is the southern South American genus Tweedia (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) monophyletic? Molecular phylogenies, distribution and taxonomy. Taxon 63(6): 1265-1274. DOI: 10.12705/636.35 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Tweedia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Tweedia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 24 2017.
• Rapini, A., Pereira, J.F. & Goyder, D.J. 2011. Towards a stable generic circumscription in Oxypetalinae (Apocynaceae). Phytotaxa 26(1): 9–16. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.26.1.2 PDF Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Tweedia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov. 2017.