Heterostemma
Unidentified Heterostemma species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus: Heterostemma
Wight & Arn. (1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dittoceras Hook.f. (1883)
  • Oianthus Benth. (1876)
  • Symphysicarpus Hassk. (1857)

Heterostemma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1834.[2] It is native to India, China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, and certain islands in the Pacific.[3][4][5]

Species

45 species are currently accepted:[1]

  1. Heterostemma acuminatum Decne. – Java
  2. Heterostemma alatum Wight & Arn. – Indian subcontinent and Myanmar
  3. Heterostemma andersonii (Hook.f.) Rodda – eastern Himalayas (Sikkim to Darjeeling)
  4. Heterostemma angustilobum Schltr. – Philippines (Mindanao)
  5. Heterostemma barikianum P.Agnihotri, D.Husain, P.Katiyar, D.Sahoo, Rodda & T.Husain – Manipur, Myanmar, and Thailand
  6. Heterostemma beddomei (Hook.f.) Swarupan. & Mangaly – southwestern India
  7. Heterostemma bicanthaceum Meve, Gâteblé & Liede – New Caledonia
  8. Heterostemma brownii Hayata – southern China including Taiwan
  9. Heterostemma carnosum Rodda – eastern New Guinea
  10. Heterostemma collinum Schltr. – New Guinea
  11. Heterostemma cucphuongense T.B.Tran & Rodda – Vietnam
  12. Heterostemma cuspidatum Decne. – Philippines
  13. Heterostemma dalzellii Hook.f. – western India
  14. Heterostemma deccanense (Talbot) Swarupan. & Mangaly – southwestern India (Maharashtra and Kerala)
  15. Heterostemma disciflorum (Hook.f.) Swarupan. & Mangaly – southern India (Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka)
  16. Heterostemma esquirolii (H.Lév.) Tsiang – Thailand and southern China
  17. Heterostemma ficoides A.Kidyoo – Thailand
  18. Heterostemma fimbriatum King & Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia (Perak)
  19. Heterostemma garrettii (Kerr) Rodda – Thailand
  20. Heterostemma grandiflorum Costantin – Vietnam and southern China
  21. Heterostemma herbertii Elmer – Philippines (Luzon)
  22. Heterostemma kaniense Schltr. – New Guinea
  23. Heterostemma lobulatum Y.H.Li & Konta – Yunnan
  24. Heterostemma maculatum (Kerr) Rodda – Thailand
  25. Heterostemma magnificum P.I.Forst. – Australia (Northern Territory)
  26. Heterostemma membranifolium (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Schltr. – Bismarck Archipelago
  27. Heterostemma menghaiense (H.Zhu & H.Wang) M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li - Yunnan, Hainan, and Taiwan
  28. Heterostemma montanum Schltr. – New Guinea
  29. Heterostemma oblongifolium Costantin – Vietnam, Laos, southern China
  30. Heterostemma pingtaoi Shao Y.He & J.Y.Lin – Hainan
  31. Heterostemma piperifolium King & Gamble – southern Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand) and Peninsular Malaysia
  32. Heterostemma samoense (A. Gray) P.I. Forst. – Samoa
  33. Heterostemma saolaense Rodda & T.A.Le – Vietnam
  34. Heterostemma siamicum Craib – Thailand, Vietnam, southern China (southern Yunnan and Guangxi)
  35. Heterostemma sinicum Tsiang – Hainan
  36. Heterostemma stellatum Hook.f. – eastern Himalayas and Assam
  37. Heterostemma suberosum Costantin – Vietnam
  38. Heterostemma succosum Kerr – Thailand
  39. Heterostemma tanjorense Wight & Arn. – India and Sri Lanka
  40. Heterostemma trilobatum A.Kidyoo & Thaithong – Thailand
  41. Heterostemma tsoongii Tsiang - southern China (Guangxi, Fujian, and Hainan)
  42. Heterostemma urceolatum Dalzell – southwestern India (Maharashtra and Karnataka)
  43. Heterostemma vasudevanii Swarupan. & Mangaly – India (Kerala)
  44. Heterostemma wallichii Wight & Arn. - Yunnan, Nepal, Assam, and Bhutan
  45. Heterostemma xuansonense T.B.Tran & J.Hw.Kim – Vietnam

References

  1. 1 2 Heterostemma Wight & Arn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 42
  3. Tropicos
  4. Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 263 醉魂藤属 zui hun teng shu Heterostemma Wight & Arnott in Wight, Contr. Bot. India. 42. 1834.
  5. Forster, P. I. 1992. A taxonomic revision of Heterostemma Wight & Arn. (Asclepiadaceae: Stapelieae) in Australia and the West Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 5: 71–80.
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