Diplolepis

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: Diplolepinae
Genus: Diplolepis
Species: D. australis – D. biflora – D. boerhaviifolia – D. bulligera – D. descolei – D. diemii – D. geminiflora – D. hieronymi – D. menziesii – D. mucronata – D. myrtifolia – D. nummulariifolia – D. pachyphylla – D. viridis
Name

Diplolepis R.Br., Asclepiadeae 30. 1810.

Type species: Diplolepis menziesii Schult. Syst. Veg. (ed. 15 bis) 6: 95. (1820)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Sonninia Rchb., Consp. Regn. Veg.: 131. 1828-1829, nom. illeg.
Grisebachiella Lorentz, Bot. Centralbl. 2: 1339. 1880.
Type species: Grisebachiella hieronymi Lorentz}}

References

Brown, R. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 30.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Diplolepis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 16. Reference page.
Hechem, V., Ezcurra, C. & Zuloaga, F.O. 2012. Estudio sistemático del género sudamericano Diplolepis (Apocynaceae). Darwiniana 50(2): 296–317 [1].
International Plant Names Index. Sept. 16. Diplolepis (Apocynaceae). Published online. Accessed: Diplolepis Sept. 16.
Tropicos.org 2017. Diplolepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 16.

Diplolepis is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to southern South America (Argentina and Chile).[1]

Species[2]

Diplolepis boerhaviifolia - Chile
Diplolepis descolei - Argentina
Diplolepis geminiflora - Chile
Diplolepis hieronymi - Argentina
Diplolepis menziesii - Chile
Diplolepis nummulariifolia - Chile

formerly included[2]

D. apiculata, syn of Tylophora hirsuta
D. longirostrum, syn of Cynanchum longirostrum
D. ovata, syn of Tylophora ovata
D. variabilis, syn of Cynanchum atacamense
D. vomitoria, syn of Tylophora asthmatica

References

Tropicos
The Plant List