Metastelmatinae

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: Metastelmatinae
Genera: Ampelamus – Barjonia – Blepharodon – Ditassa – Hemipogon – Hypolobus – Metastelma – Minaria – Morilloa – Nautonia – Nephradenia – Peplonia – Petalostelma – Vailia
Name

Metastelminae Endl. ex Meisn. (1840)

Type genus: Metastelma R.Br.

References

Meisner, C.D.F. 1840. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 257, 267, Comm. 174.
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.
Fontella Pereira, J., Pinheiro Santos, R.G., Britto de Góes, M. & Caceres Moral, S.A. 2014. Notas taxonómicas sobre Hemipogon subgen. Astephanopsis, y descripción de un nuevo género (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, Asclepiadeae, Metastelmianae). 2014. Bonplandia 23(1): 25-31. Full text PDF in Spanish abstract in English Reference page.
Liede-Schumann, S. & Meve, U. 2015. Synonymy of three South American genera in Apocynaceae, and new combinations in Oxypetalum and Tassadia. Phytotaxa 202(1): 35–44. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.202.1.4 Reference page.
Liede-Schumann, S., Rapini, A., Goyder, D.J. & Chase, M.W. 2005. Phylogenetics of the new world subtribes of Asclepiadeae (Apocynaceae - Asclepiadoideae): Metastelmatinae, Oxypetalinae, and Gonolobinae. Systematic Botany 30(1): 184–195. DOI: 10.1600/0363644053661832 ResearchGate Reference page.
Soares e Silva, U.C., Rapini, A., Liede-Schumann, S., Ribeiro, P.L. & Van den Berg, C. 2012. Taxonomic considerations on Metastelmatinae (Apocynaceae) based on plastid and nuclear DNA. Systematic Botany 37(3): 795-806. DOI: 10.1600/036364412X648733 ResearchGate Reference page.