Orthanthera

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: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Leptadeniinae
Genus: Orthanthera
Species: O. albida – O. butayei – O. gossweileri – O. jasminiflora – O. stricta – O. viminea
Name

Orthanthera Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 48 (1834)

Type species: Orthanthera viminea Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 48 (1834)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Barrowia Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 629 (1844)

References

Wight, R. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 48.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Orthanthera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Orthanthera. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 22 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Orthanthera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 22.

Orthanthera is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1834.[1][2] It is native to India and Africa.[3][4]

Species[5]

Orthanthera albida Schinz - Namibia
Orthanthera butayei (De Wild.) Werderm. - Zaire
Orthanthera gossweileri C.Norman - Angola
Orthanthera jasminiflora (Decne.) N.E.Br. ex Schinz - South Africa
Orthanthera stricta Hiern - Angola
Orthanthera viminea Wight - Uttar Pradesh in India

References

Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 48.
Tropicos, genus Orthanthera
Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Flora of Pakistan, University of Karachi, Karachi
The Plant List, genus Orthanthera