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Matelea
Matelea denticulata[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Matelea
Aubl.[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Amphorella Brandegee (1910)
  • Callaeolepium H.Karst. (1866)
  • Coelostelma E.Fourn. (1885)
  • Cyclodon Small (1933)
  • Edisonia Small (1933)
  • Heliostemma Woodson (1935)
  • Himantostemma A.Gray (1885)
  • Hostea Willd. (1798), nom. superfl.
  • Jacaima Rendle (1936)
  • Labidostelma Schltr. (1906)
  • Lhotzkyella Rauschert (1982)
  • Malinvaudia E.Fourn. (1885)
  • Matella Bartl. (1830), orth. var.
  • Microdactylon Brandegee (1908)
  • Odontostephana Alexander (1933)
  • Omphalophthalma H.Karst. (1866)
  • Pachystelma Brandegee (1920)
  • Peckoltia E.Fourn. (1885)
  • Poicilla Griseb. (1866)
  • Poicillopsis Schltr. (1912)
  • Prosthecidiscus Donn.Sm. (1898)
  • Pulvinaria E.Fourn. (1885), nom. illeg.
  • Pycnobregma Baill. (1890)
  • Rothrockia A.Gray (1885)
  • Rytidoloma Turcz. (1852)
  • Tetracustelma Baill. (1890)
  • Trichosacme Zucc. (1845)
  • Tympananthe Hassk. (1847)
  • Urostephanus B.L.Rob. & Greenm. (1895)

Matelea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines.[4] Some people consider Chthamalia to be a synonym to or a subgenus of Matelea.[5]

Species[edit]

As of November 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[6]

  • Matelea acevedoi Morillo
  • Matelea acuminata (Griseb.) Woodson
  • Matelea adenocardia (Standl.) Woodson
  • Matelea alabamensis (Vail) Woodson
  • Matelea alainii Woodson
  • Matelea altamirana Morillo
  • Matelea ampiyacuensis Morillo
  • Matelea andina (Malme) Morillo
  • Matelea angustifolia (Griseb.) Greuter & Liede
  • Matelea angustiloba (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea annulata Alain
  • Matelea araneosa (Donn.Sm.) Woodson
  • Matelea asplundii (Malme) Morillo
  • Matelea atrocoronata (Brandegee) Woodson
  • Matelea atrolingua Morillo, I.L.Morais & Farinaccio
  • Matelea atrostellata Rintz
  • Matelea attenuata (Rusby) Morillo
  • Matelea bahiensis Morillo & Fontella
  • Matelea baldwyniana (Sweet) Woodson
  • Matelea barrosiana Fontella
  • Matelea belizensis (Lundell & Standl.) Woodson
  • Matelea bicolor (Britton & P.Wilson) Woodson
  • Matelea bolivarensis Morillo
  • Matelea boliviana Morillo
  • Matelea brevicoronata (B.L.Rob.) Woodson
  • Matelea brevistipitata Krings & Morillo
  • Matelea calcicola (Greenm.) Woodson
  • Matelea callejasii Morillo
  • Matelea camiloana Morillo
  • Matelea campechiana (Standl.) Woodson
  • Matelea camporum (Brandegee) Woodson
  • Matelea capillacea (E.Fourn.) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz
  • Matelea cardozoi Morillo
  • Matelea carmenaemiliae Morillo
  • Matelea carnevaliana Morillo
  • Matelea carolinensis (Jacq.) Woodson
  • Matelea castanea (Brandegee) Woodson
  • Matelea cayennensis Morillo
  • Matelea cervantesii Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado
  • Matelea chihuahuensis (A.Gray) Woodson
  • Matelea chimboracensis Morillo
  • Matelea chrysantha (Greenm.) Woodson
  • Matelea congesta (Decne.) Woodson
  • Matelea constanzana J.Jiménez Alm.
  • Matelea coriacea Morillo
  • Matelea cornejoi Morillo
  • Matelea corniculata W.D.Stevens & Arbeláez
  • Matelea correllii Spellman
  • Matelea corrugata W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea corynephora Krings
  • Matelea costaricensis W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea costata (Urb.) Morillo
  • Matelea crassifolia Woodson
  • Matelea cremersii Morillo
  • Matelea crenata (Vail) Woodson
  • Matelea crispiflora (Urb.) J.Jiménez Alm.
  • Matelea cuatrecasasii Morillo
  • Matelea cynanchoides (Engelm. & A.Gray) Woodson
  • Matelea decipiens (Alexander) Woodson
  • Matelea delascioi Morillo
  • Matelea dictyopetala (Urb. & Ekman) Krings
  • Matelea diversifolia (E.Fourn.) Morillo & Fontella
  • Matelea domingensis (Alain) Krings
  • Matelea dusenii Morillo
  • Matelea dwyeri Morillo
  • Matelea ecuadorensis (Schltr.) Morillo
  • Matelea edwardsensis Correll
  • Matelea ekmanii (Urb.) Woodson
  • Matelea elachyantha W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea emmartinezii W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea falcata Juárez-Jaimes, G.M.Hern.-Barón & W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea fendleri Morillo
  • Matelea ferruginea W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea filipes W.D.Stevens & Monterrosa
  • Matelea flavidula (Chapm.) Woodson
  • Matelea floridana (Vail) Woodson
  • Matelea fontellana Morillo
  • Matelea forerana Morillo
  • Matelea fournieri Morillo
  • Matelea fruticosa (Brandegee) Woodson
  • Matelea funkiana Morillo
  • Matelea furvescens W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea geminiflora (Decne.) Fontella
  • Matelea gentlei (Lundell & Standl.) Woodson
  • Matelea gilbertoana Krings
  • Matelea glandulosa (Poepp. ex Decne.) Morillo
  • Matelea gonoloboides (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Woodson
  • Matelea graciliflora Krings & Morillo
  • Matelea gracilis (Decne.) W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea greenmanii Shinners
  • Matelea greggii (Vail) Woodson
  • Matelea grenandii Morillo
  • Matelea grisebachiana (Schltr.) Alain
  • Matelea guatemalensis (K.Schum.) Woodson
  • Matelea haberi W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea haitiensis (P.T.Li) Krings
  • Matelea harlingii Morillo
  • Matelea hastata Alain
  • Matelea hastulata (A.Gray) Sundell
  • Matelea hatschbachii (Fontella & C.Valente) Morillo
  • Matelea herbacea Woodson
  • Matelea hildegardiana Morillo
  • Matelea hirtelliflora McDonnell & Fishbein
  • Matelea holstii Morillo & Carnevali
  • Matelea honorana Morillo
  • Matelea inconspicua (Brandegee) Woodson
  • Matelea inops Woodson
  • Matelea insolita W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea ionantha Woodson
  • Matelea jansen-jacobsiae Morillo
  • Matelea jaramilloi Morillo
  • Matelea jenmanii (Morillo) Morillo
  • Matelea johnstonii Shinners
  • Matelea kirkbridei Morillo
  • Matelea klugii Morillo
  • Matelea lanata (Zucc.) Woodson
  • Matelea lanceolata (Decne.) Woodson
  • Matelea lehmannii (Schltr.) Morillo
  • Matelea lesueurii (Standl.) Woodson
  • Matelea leucodermis (Rusby) Morillo
  • Matelea lhotzkyana (E.Fourn.) Fontella
  • Matelea liesneri Morillo
  • Matelea ligustrina (Decne.) Morillo
  • Matelea linearipetala Alain
  • Matelea magallanesii E.J.Lott
  • Matelea marcoassisii Fontella
  • Matelea matezkii Morillo
  • Matelea matogrossensis Fontella
  • Matelea medusae Woodson
  • Matelea meyeri Woodson
  • Matelea micrantha L.O.Williams
  • Matelea microphylla Morillo
  • Matelea molinarum L.O.Williams
  • Matelea monticola Alain
  • Matelea mutisiana Morillo
  • Matelea neblinae Morillo
  • Matelea neei Morillo
  • Matelea nielsenii Morillo
  • Matelea nigrescens (Schltdl.) Woodson
  • Matelea nipensis (Urb.) Woodson
  • Matelea oaxacana (Standl.) W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea obliqua (Jacq.) Woodson
  • Matelea ocellata W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea ochracea Morillo
  • Matelea oldemanii Morillo
  • Matelea orthoneura Morillo
  • Matelea orthosioides (E.Fourn.) Fontella
  • Matelea pakaraimensis Krings
  • Matelea palustris Aubl.
  • Matelea panamensis Spellman & Dwyer
  • Matelea parvifolia (Torr.) Woodson
  • Matelea pastazana Morillo
  • Matelea patalensis (Donn.Sm.) Woodson
  • Matelea pauciflora (Spreng.) Woodson
  • Matelea pedalis (E.Fourn.) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz
  • Matelea pedicellata (Malme) Morillo
  • Matelea pentactina Krings
  • Matelea petiolaris (A.Gray) Woodson
  • Matelea phainops Krings
  • Matelea picturata (Hemsl.) Woodson
  • Matelea pilosa (Benth.) Woodson
  • Matelea pinguifolia (Standl.) Woodson
  • Matelea porphyrantha (Standl.) Woodson
  • Matelea porphyrocephala Morillo
  • Matelea pringlei (A.Gray) Woodson
  • Matelea proctorii Krings
  • Matelea prosthecidiscus Woodson
  • Matelea pseudobarbata (Pittier) Woodson
  • Matelea pubescens (Griseb.) Krings
  • Matelea pueblensis (Brandegee) Woodson
  • Matelea punensis Morillo
  • Matelea purpureolineata Woodson
  • Matelea purpusii (Brandegee) Woodson
  • Matelea pusilliflora L.O.Williams
  • Matelea pyrrhotricha (Decne.) Fontella
  • Matelea quercetorum (Standl.) W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea quindecimlobata Farinaccio & W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea radiata Correll
  • Matelea refracta (E.Fourn.) Morillo
  • Matelea reitzii Fontella
  • Matelea reticulata (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Woodson
  • Matelea rhamnifolia (Griseb.) Krings
  • Matelea rhynchocephala Krings
  • Matelea rivularis Woodson
  • Matelea rogersii Woodson
  • Matelea romeroi Morillo
  • Matelea sagittifolia (A.Gray) Woodson ex Shinners
  • Matelea sanojana Krings & Morillo
  • Matelea sastrei Morillo
  • Matelea schultesii Morillo & Carnevali
  • Matelea schunkei Morillo
  • Matelea serpens Woodson
  • Matelea sintenisii (Schltr.) Woodson
  • Matelea sprucei Morillo
  • Matelea squiresii (Rusby) Morillo
  • Matelea stenopetala Sandwith
  • Matelea stenosepala Lundell
  • Matelea stergiosii Morillo
  • Matelea suareziae Morillo
  • Matelea suberifera (B.L.Rob.) W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea subsessilifolia Morillo
  • Matelea sucrensis Morillo
  • Matelea sugillata W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea sylvicola L.O.Williams
  • Matelea tamnifolia (Griseb.) Woodson
  • Matelea tarrazuana J.E.Jiménez & Hidalgo-Mora
  • Matelea tenuis Woodson
  • Matelea texensis Correll
  • Matelea tezcatlipocantha E.B.Cortez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado
  • Matelea tigrina (Griseb.) Woodson
  • Matelea tinctoria Woodson
  • Matelea tlilxochitli E.B.Cortez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado
  • Matelea torulosa Krings
  • Matelea trichopedicellata Krings & Morillo
  • Matelea tristiflora (Standl.) Woodson
  • Matelea tuerckheimii (Donn.Sm.) Woodson
  • Matelea umbellata (Brandegee) Woodson
  • Matelea urophylla L.O.Williams
  • Matelea vailiana Woodson
  • Matelea vargasii Morillo
  • Matelea variifolia (Schltr.) Woodson
  • Matelea vaupesana Morillo
  • Matelea velutina (Schltdl.) Woodson
  • Matelea velutinoides W.D.Stevens
  • Matelea violacea Woodson
  • Matelea virginiae Morillo
  • Matelea weberbaueri Morillo
  • Matelea woodsonii Shinners
  • Matelea wootonii (Vail) Woodson
  • Matelea woytkowskii Morillo

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    References[edit]

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Matelea.
    Wikispecies has information related to Matelea.
    1. ^ "Genus: Matelea Aubl". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-13. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  • ^ 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
  • ^ [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30001048-2 Matelea Aubl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  • ^ "Matelea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  • ^ Woodson, Robert E. (1941). "The North American Asclepiadaceae. I. Perspective of the Genera". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 28 (2): 193–244. doi:10.2307/2394270. JSTOR 2394270.
  • ^ "Matelea Aubl." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-11-29.

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