Telosma

Telosma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1905.[1] It is native to Africa, and Asia.[2][3][4]

Telosma
Telosma cordata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Marsdenieae
Genus: Telosma
Coville, 1905

Species
Accepted species[5]
  1. Telosma accedens (Blume) Backer - Java
  2. Telosma africana (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br. - South Africa, Madagascar
  3. Telosma angustiloba (Warb.) Merr. - Cagayan Province in Philippines
  4. Telosma celebica (Warb.) M.A. Rahman & Wilcock - Sulawesi
  5. Telosma cordata (Burm. f.) Merr. - S China, Indian Subcontinent, Vietnam; naturalized in Europe, North + South America
  6. Telosma pallida (Roxb.) W. G. Craib - Taiwan, Indochina, Indian Subcontinent
  7. Telosma procumbens (Blanco) Merr. - Philippines, Vietnam, southeastern China
  8. Telosma puberula (Miq.) Kerr - Thailand
  9. Telosma unyorensis S. Moore - Uganda
formerly included[5]

Telosma tomentosa, syn of Pergularia tomentosa

References
  1. Coville, Frederick Vernon. 1905. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 9: 384–385
  2. Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 241 夜来香属 ye lai xiang shu Telosma Coville, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 384. 1905.
  3. Choux, P. 1914. Etudes biologiques sur les Asclepiadacees. Annales de l'Institut Botanico-Geologique Colonial de Marseille, sér. 3, 2: 209–464
  4. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  5. The Plant List, Telosma
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