Ischnostemma

Ischnostemma is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1908.[1] It is native to Southeast Asia.

Species[2]
  1. Ischnostemma carnosum (R.Br.) Merr. & Rolfe - Luzon Island in Philippines
  2. Ischnostemma selangorica King & Gamble - Selangor in Peninsular Malaysia (possibly the same species as the first one, in which case I. carnosum is the correct name)[3]

Absolmsia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Genus:
Ischnostemma

King & Gamble
Type species
Ischnostemma selangorica
King & Gamble

References
  1. King, George & Gamble, James Sykes. 1905. Ischnostemma. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 74: 532-533
  2. The Plant List genus Ischnostemma
  3. Merrill, Elmer Drew & Rolfe, Robert Allen. 1908. Philippine Journal of Science 3(3): 121x.
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