Astephanus

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: Astephaninae
Genus: Astephanus
Species: A. triflorus – A. zeyheri
Name

Astephanus R.Br., Asclepiadeae: 43 (1810)

Type species: Astephanus triflorus (L.f.) R.Br. ex Schult., Syst. Veg. 6: 122 (1820)

References

Brown, R. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 43.
Bruyns, P.V. 2003. A revision of Astephanus (Apocynaceae). Kew Bulletin 58(4): 867–887. DOI: 10.2307/4111201
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Astephanus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Astephanus. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 2 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Astephanus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 2.

Astephanus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.[1][2]

Species

The Plant List maintained by the Kew Gardens in London currently (September 2014) lists 53 species names that have been placed in the genus Astephanus since 1810. The majority of these are categorized as "unresolved," meaning that the appropriate classification is still open to debate. Only the following 3 are listed as "accepted."[3]

Astephanus geminiflorus Decne. - Chile
Astephanus triflorus (L.f.) R.Br. - South Africa
Astephanus zeyheri Turcz. - South Africa

References

Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 43
Tropicos, genus Astephanus
The Plant List, genus Astephanus