Ampelamus

Life-forms

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-Schmaltz, C.S. 1819. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review 1: 192.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Ampelamus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. 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 online. Accessed: 23 Sept. 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Honeyvine Milkweed

Ampelamus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1819.[1][2] It is native to Colombia and to eastern North America.

Species[3]

Ampelamus laevis (Michx.) Krings (synonyms A. albidus, A. riparius, Cynanchum laeve, Gonolobus laevis, Vincetoxicum gonocarpos var. laevis) - C + E United States, Ontario[4]
Ampelamus volubilis (Turcz.) Dugand (synonyms Enslenia volubilis, Gonolobus volubilis, Nematuris volubilis) - Colombia[5]

formerly included

transferred to Cynanchum

Ampelamus ligulatus (Benth.) A.Heller, synonym of Cynanchum ligulatum (Benth.) Woodson

References

Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1819. American monthly magazine and critical review 4: 192
Tropicos, genus Ampelamus
The Plant List, genus Ampelamus
Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map, Cynanchum laeve
Tropicos, Enslenia volubilis (Turcz.) H. Karst