Riparoampelos

Riparoampelos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Subtribe: Gonolobinae
Genus:
Morillo (2015)
Species:
R. amazonicus
Binomial name
Riparoampelos amazonicus
(Morillo) Morillo (2015)
Synonyms[1]

Matelea amazonica Morillo (1977)

Riparoampelos amazonicus is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is the sole species in genus Riparoampelos. It is a climber native the Amazon Rainforest of southeastern Colombia, Amazonas state of southern Venezuela, eastern Peru, and northwestern Brazil.[1]

The species was first described as Matelea amazonica by Gilberto N. Morillo in 1977. In 2015 Morillo renamed it Riparoampelos amazonicus, placing it in its own monotypic genus.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Riparoampelos amazonicus (Morillo) Morillo. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.