Mahawoa

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: Cynanchinae
Genus: Mahawoa
Species: M. montana
Name

Mahawoa Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 2 (1916)

monotypic taxon

Note: Placed here by Endress et al. (2014) but found to be an Asclepiadeae of uncertain subtribal relationships by Khanum et al. (2016)
References

Schlechter, F.R.R. 1916. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 34(2): 2.
Endress, M.E., Liede-Schumann, S. & Meve, U. 2014. An updated classification for Apocynaceae. Phytotaxa 159(3): 175–194. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.159.3.2 ResearchGate Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Mahawoa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Mahawoa. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 14 2017.
Khanum, R., Surveswaran, S., Meve, U. & Liede-Schumann, S. 2016. Cynanchum (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae): A pantropical Asclepiadoid genus revisited. Taxon 65(3): 467–486. DOI: 10.12705/653.3 ResearchGate Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2017. Mahawoa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 14.

Mahawoa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae. The only species is Mahawoa montana.[1]

Its native range is Central Malesia.[1]
References

"Mahawoa Schltr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.