Nephradenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.[1] They are native to South America.[2][3][4][5]
| Nephradenia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Asclepiadeae |
| Genus: | Nephradenia Decne. |
| Type species | |
| Nephradenia acerosa | |
- Species
- Nephradenia acerosa Decne. - Goiás
- Nephradenia asparagoides (Decne.) E.Fourn. - Bahia
- Nephradenia filipes Malme - Serra da Chapada in Matto Grosso
- Nephradenia linearis Benth. ex E.Fourn. - N Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela
- formerly included
transferred to other genera (Blepharodon, Marsdenia)
- Nephradenia fruticosa synonym of Marsdenia fruticosa
- Nephradenia linearis synonym of Blepharodon lineare
- Nephradenia neriifolia synonym of Blepharodon gomphocarpoides
References
edit- ^ Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 603 in Latin
- ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- ^ Killeen, T. J. & T. S. Schulenberg. 1998. A biological assessment of Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia. RAP Working Papers 10: 1–372.
- ^ Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin Pl. Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz
- ^ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.