Macroscepis

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: Gonolobinae
Genus: Macroscepis
Species: M. aurea – M. cornejoi – M. diademata – M. dutrae – M. elliptica – M. hatschbachii – M. hirsuta – M. longiflora – M. macrocorolla – M. magnifica – M. pleistantha – M. selloana – M. stevensii – M. uniflora – M. urceolata – M. yucatanensis
Name

Macroscepis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 200 (1819)

Type species: Macroscepis diademata (Ker Gawl.) W.D.Stevens, Phytologia 53: 405 (1983) originally designated as synonym Macroscepis obovata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 201 (1819)

References

Kunth, C.S. 1819. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 3: 200–201, t. 233.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Macroscepis 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.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Macroscepis. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 16 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Macroscepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 16.

Macroscepis is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1819.[2][3] It is native to Latin America and the West Indies.[4][5][6][7]

Species[1]

Macroscepis aurea E.Fourn. - S Brazil, NW Argentina
Macroscepis diademata (Ker Gawl.) W.D.Stevens - Mexico
Macroscepis elliptica N.E.Br. - Brazil
Macroscepis hirsuta (Vahl) Schltr. - Trinidad, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Macroscepis magnifica Malme - Serra de Caracol in São Paulo
Macroscepis pleistantha Donn.Sm. - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
Macroscepis selloana E.Fourn. - Brazil
Macroscepis urceolata H.Karst. - Colombia, Venezuela

formerly included[1]

moved to Gonolobus, Matelea, Oxypetalum

Macroscepis dutrae now Gonolobus dutrae
Macroscepis longiflora now Matelea longiflora
References

The Plant List, genus Macroscepis
Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1819. Macroscepis. in Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre, & Kunth, Karl Sigismund, Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 3: 200–201, t. 233 in Latin
Tropicos, genus Macroscepis
Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panama 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalog of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181