Metalepis

Metalepis is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1866.[1] It is native to northern South America, Central America, Mexico, Florida, and the West Indies.[2][3][4][5]

Species[6]
  1. Metalepis albiflora Urb. - Colombia, Ecuador, Fr Guiana, N Brazil, West Indies
  2. Metalepis cubensis (A. Rich.) Griseb. - Florida, Cuba, Belize, Veracruz in Mexico
  3. Metalepis gentryi Morillo - Ecuador
  4. Metalepis haughtii (Woodson) Morillo - Ecuador
  5. Metalepis peraffinis (Woodson) Morillo - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
  6. Metalepis prevostiae Morillo - French Guyana, Panama
formerly included[6]
  • Metalepis brasiliensis Morillo now Cynanchum brasiliense (Morillo) Liede

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

References
  1. Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1866. Catalogus plantarum cubensium exhibens collectionem Wrightianam aliasque minores ex insula Cuba missas 179 in Latin
  2. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
  3. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
  4. León Yánez, S., R. Valencia Reyes, N. C. A. Pitman, L. Endara, C. Ulloa Ulloa & H. Navarrete. 2011. Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador, 2ª edición 1–957. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito
  5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  6. The Plant List


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