Oxystelma is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.[1][2] It is native to Africa and Asia.[3]

Species

The Plant List[4] includes:

  1. Oxystelma bornouense R.Br. - tropical Africa
  2. Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Sm. - China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan), Indochina, Indian Subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan), Middle East, NE Africa
Species that were formerly included

The following species have been moved to other genera (Philibertia, Telosma, and [[Cynanchum):

  1. O. gilliesii now Philibertia gilliesii
  2. O. hooperianum now Cynanchum hooperianum
  3. O. ovatum now Telosma cordata
  4. O. pulchellum now Cynanchum pulchellum
  5. O. solanoides now Philibertia solanoides
  6. O. vailiae now Philibertia picta
  7. O. violacea now Philibertia gilliesii

References

  1. ^ a b Tropicos, genus Oxystelma
  2. ^ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 462 in Latin
  3. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 16 Page 202 尖槐藤属 jian huai teng shu Oxystelma R. Brown, Prodr. 462. 1810.
  4. ^ The Plant List, genus Oxystelma
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxystelma
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