''Adelostemma'' is a species of plants in the family
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...
first described as a genus in 1883. It contains only one known species, ''Adelostemma gracillimum'', native to
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
and
China (
Guangxi,
Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...
,
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...
).
Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 205 乳突果 ru tu guo ''Adelostemma gracillimum'' (Wallich ex Wight) J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India. 4: 21. 1883.
/ref>[Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. ''Adelostemma''. Flora of British India 4(10): 20-21]
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References
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Asclepiadoideae
Flora of China
Flora of Myanmar
Monotypic Apocynaceae genera