Nephradenia

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
Genus: Nephradenia
Species: N. acerosa – N. asparagoides – N. filipes – N. laurifolium – N. pendula
Name

Nephradenia Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 604. (1844)

Type species: Nephradenia acerosa Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 604. (1844)

References

Decaisne, J. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 604.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Nephradenia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Nephradenia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 19 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Nephradenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Sept. 2017.

Nephradenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.[1] They are native to South America.[2][3][4][5]

Species

Nephradenia acerosa Decne. - Goiás
Nephradenia asparagoides (Decne.) E.Fourn. - Bahia
Nephradenia filipes Malme - Serra da Chapada in Matto Grosso
Nephradenia linearis Benth. ex E.Fourn. - N Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela

formerly included

transferred to other genera (Blepharodon, Marsdenia)

Nephradenia fruticosa synonym of Marsdenia fruticosa
Nephradenia linearis synonym of Blepharodon lineare
Nephradenia neriifolia synonym of Blepharodon gomphocarpoides

References

Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 603 in Latin
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Killeen, T. J. & T. S. Schulenberg. 1998. A biological assessment of Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia. RAP Working Papers 10: 1–372.
Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin Pl. Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz
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.