Chthamalia

Chthamalia is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae: Gonolobinae). The genus was first formally named in 1844.[1] It contains approximately 15 species.[2] Chthamalia is considered by some to be a synonym or a subgenus of Matelea.[3]

Chthamalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Subtribe: Gonolobinae
Genus: Chthamalia
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References

  1. "IPNI Plant Name Details". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  2. McDonnell, Angela Jean; Fishbein, Mark (2017-06-27). Phylogenomics and evolution of New World milkweed vines (Gonolobinae) and resurrection of Chthamalia: a genome skimming and targeted enrichment approach. Botany 2017. Forth Worth, TX.
  3. Woodson, Robert E. (1941). "The North American Asclepiadaceae. I. Perspective of the Genera". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 28: 193–244. doi:10.2307/2394270.


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