Kerbera

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: Kerbera
Species: K. eichleri
Name

Kerbera E.Fourn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(4): 290 (1885)

monotypic taxon

References

Fournier, E.P.N. 1885. Flora Brasiliensis 6(4): 290.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Kerbera 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.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Kerbera. 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. Kerbera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 24.

Kerbera is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1885.[1] It contains only one known species, Kerbera eichleri, endemic to the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.[2]

References

Fournier, Eugène Pierre Nicolas. 1885. in Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von (ed), Flora Brasiliensis 6(4): 290 in Latin
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro