Tweedia

Tweedia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1835. The genus is native to South America.[2] An ornamental plant, Oxypetalum coeruleum, formerly included in this genus is commonly referred to as "tweedia".[3][4][5][6][7]

Species[8]
  1. Tweedia andina (Phil.) G.H.Rua - Chile
  2. Tweedia aucaensis G.H. Rua - Argentina
  3. Tweedia australis (Malme) C. Ezcurra - Argentina
  4. Tweedia birostrata (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn. - Chile
  5. Tweedia brunonis Hook. & Arn. - Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
  6. Tweedia echegarayi (Hieron.) Malme - Argentina
  7. Tweedia solanoides (Hook. & Arn.) Chittenden - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay

Tweedia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Tweedia
Hook. & Arn.
Type species
Tweedia birostrata
(Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn.[1]

formerly included[8]

  1. Tweedia coerulea, syn of Oxypetalum coeruleum
  2. Tweedia floribunda, syn of Oxypetalum solanoides
  3. Tweedia macrolepis, syn of Oxypetalum macrolepis
  4. Tweedia versicolor , syn of Oxypetalum coeruleum

References
  1. lectotype designated by Rua, G. H. 1989. Revisión taxonómica del género Tweedia (Asclepiadaceae). Parodiana 5(2): 382.
  2. Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Meve, Ulrich (2006). "The Genera of Asclepiadoideae, Secamonoideae and Periplocoideae (Apocynaceae)". Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. Fabris, H. A. 1965. Primulaceae, Myrsinaceae, Ericaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Sapotaceae, Symplocaceae, Oleaceae, Loganiaceae, Gentianaceae, Menyanthaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Convolvulaceae, Bignoniaceae, Campanulaceae in A. Cabrera. 4(5): 6–12; 298–302. In A. L. Cabrera (ed.) Flora de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires.
  4. Meyer, T. & N.M. Bacigalupo. 1979. Asclepiadaceae. 5: 103–147. In A. E. Burkart (ed.) Flora Ilustrada de Entre Ríos (Argentina). Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
  5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  6. Zuloaga, F. O., O. N. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.
  7. Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157.
  8. The Plant List
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