Funastrum

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: Oxypetalinae
Genus: Funastrum
Species: F. angustissimum – F. arenarium – F. bilobum – F. clausum – F. crispum – F. cynanchoides – F. elegans – F. flavum – F. glaucum – F. gracile – F. hirtellum – F. lindenianum – F. lineare – F. odoratum – F. pannosum – F. refractum – F. rupicola – F. suffrutescens – F. torreyi – F. trichopetalum – F. utahense
Name

Funastrum E.Fourn., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 6, 14(no. 6): 388. (1882)

Type species: Funastrum angustissimum E.Fourn., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 6, 14: 388. (1882)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Sarcostemma R.Br. (1810) pro parte see Cynanchum
Philibertella Vail, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 305 (1897)
Ceramanthus (Kunze) Malme, Ark. Bot. 4(14): 2 (1905), nom. illeg.

References

Fournier, E.P.N. 1882. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique sér. 6, 14(no. 6): 388.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Funastrum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 24. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2017. Funastrum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Funastrum. 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. Funastrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 24.

Funastrum is a genus of flowering plant now in the family Apocynaceae.[1] The name is derived from the Latin word funis, meaning "rope", and astrum, alluding to the twining stems.[2] Members of the genus are commonly known as twinevines.[3]

Selected species

Funastrum clausum (Jacq.) Schltr. – white twinevine
Funastrum crispum (Benth.) Schltr. – wavyleaf twinevine
Funastrum cynanchoides (Decne.) Schltr. – fringed twinevine
Funastrum hirtellum (A.Gray) Schltr. – hairy milkweed
Funastrum torreyi (A.Gray) Schltr. – soft twinevine[3][4]

Formerly placed here

Seutera angustifolia (Pers.) Fishbein & W.D.Stevens (as F. angustifolium (Pers.) Liede & Meve)[4]

References

"Genus: Funastrum E. Fourn". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
Daniel F. Austin (15 May 2010). Baboquivari Mountain Plants: Identification, Ecology, and Ethnobotany. University of Arizona Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-8165-2837-0. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
"Funastrum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
"GRIN Species Records of Funastrum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-09-22.