''Matelea'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s 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 ...
. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines.
Some people consider ''
Chthamalia
''Chthamalia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae: Gonolobinae). The genus was first formally named in 1844. It contains approximately 15 species. ''Chthamalia'' is considered by some to be a synonym or a subgenus ...
'' to be a synonym to or a subgenus of ''Matelea''.
Selected species
Formerly placed here
* ''
Gonolobus suberosus''
(L.) R.Br. (as ''M. gonocarpos''
(Walter) Shinners or ''M. suberosa''
(L.) Shinners)
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
Apocynaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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