Lygisma

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: Lygisma
Species: L. angustifolium – L. calcicola – L. flavum – L. inflexum – L. nervosum
Name

Lygisma Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 15: t. 1423. (1883)

Type species: Lygisma angustifolium (Wight) Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 15: t. 1423. (1883)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Pilostigma Costantin in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 4: 73. (1912)
Costantina Bullock, Kew Bull. 19: 199. (1965)
Vietnamia P.T.Li, J. S. China Agric. Univ. 15(4): 72. (1994)

References

Hooker, J.D. 1883. Hooker's Icones Plantarum; or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks of new or rare plants 15: t. 1423.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Lygisma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 6. Reference page. 
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Lygisma. Published online. Accessed: May 6 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Lygisma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 May 2020.

Lygisma is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1883.[1] It is native to southern China, Indochina, Malaysia, and the Himalayas.[2][3]

Species[4]

Lygisma angustifolia (Wight) Hook.f. - Himalayas
Lygisma flavum (Ridl.) Kerr - Peninsular Malaysia
Lygisma inflexum (Costantin) Kerr - Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
Lygisma nervosum Kerr - Thailand

References

Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 15: , pl. 1423
Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 262 折冠藤属 zhe guan teng shu Lygisma J. D. Hooker, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 15: 18, t. 1423. 1883.
Tropicos, genus Lygisma
The Plant List, genus Lygisma