Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Sarcostemma glaucum Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3(11): 194, t. 229. 1818 [1819]. – Nov. Gen. Sp. (folio ed.) 3(11): 151(–152), t. 229. 1818 [1819].
    • Typus: Venezuela, Vargas: "propter portum La Guayra [La Guaira], Mayqueties [Maiquetía] et Cabo blanco, in litore maris Antillarum"; Dec 1799; Bonpland & Humboldt 693 (holotype: P-00670875; isotype: B-W-05278-010).

• Heterotypic
  • Asclepias cynanchoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes], 6: 86. 1820.
    • Typus: Venezuela, Vargas: "La Guayra, prope Lagayra y Marquety"; Dec 1799; Bonpland & Humboldt 693 (holotype: B-W-05278-010; isotype: P-00670875).
  • Philibertella ovalifolia Rusby, Descr. S. Amer. Pl.: 94(–95). 1920. (as Philabertella ovalifolia)
    • Typus: Colombia, Magdalena: Santa Marta, "5 miles S. of Mamatoca [Mamatoco], about 250 ft." [ca. 76 m]; 11 Mar 1898–1899; H.H.Smith 1683 (lectotype, vide Holm (1950), p. 509: NY-00318757; isolectotypes: CM-1761, GH-00076771, K-000196748, MICH-1111630, US-00112293).
  • Funastrum ovalifolium (Rusby) Killip, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 21(15): 351. 1931.

Primary references

• Killip, E.P. 1931. New plants mainly from western South America—III. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 21: 347–353. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 
• Kunth, C.S. 1819. Apocyneae. Juss. Pp. 188–233, tt. 227–243 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 3 (quarto ed.). Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Kunth, C.S. 1819. Apocyneae. Juss. Pp. 147–182, tt. 227–243 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 3 (folio ed.). Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. e-rara.ch Reference page. 
• Rusby, H.H. 1920. Descriptions of three hundred new species of South American plants, with an index to previously published South American species by the same author. 170 pp. Published by the author, New York. BHL Reference page. 
• Schlechter, F.R.R. 1914. Philibertia H. B. et Kth. und Funastrum Fourn. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 13: 279–287. BHL Reference page. 
• Schultes, J.A. 1820. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 6. LXX + 852 pp., corr. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Holm, R.W. 1950. The American species of Sarcostemma R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 37: 477–560. BHL Reference page.  (as Sarcostemma glaucum)
• Morillo, G. 1989. El género Sarcostemma R. Br. en Venezuela. Acta Botanica Venezuelica 15(3–4): 131–148. JSTOR Reference page.  (as Sarcostemma glaucum)
• Spellman, D.L. 1975. Family 163. Asclepiadaceae. In Woodson, R.E., Jr., Schery, R.W. & Collaborators, Flora of Panama, Part VIII. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 62: 103–156. DOI: 10.2307/2395052 BHL JSTOR Reference page.  (as Sarcostemma glaucum)
• Stevens, W.D. 2009. 49. Funastrum E. Fourn. Pp. 714–717 in Stevens, W.D. & Morales, J.F., 204. Apocynaceae. In Davidse, G., Sousa S., M., Knapp, S. & Chiang, F. (eds.), Flora Mesoamericana, Vol. 4, Parte 1: Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis; The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-607-02-0901-7. Online Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Funastrum glaucum. Published online. Accessed: 15 December 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Funastrum glaucum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 December 15. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Funastrum glaucum.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Funastrum glaucum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 December 15. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Funastrum glaucum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 December 2018.
• Funastrum glaucum in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 15 December 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Funastrum glaucum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 December 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Sarcostemma glaucum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 December 2018.

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