Macroscepis

<i>Macroscepis</i>

Macroscepis

Genus of plants

Macroscepis is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1819.[2][3] It is native to Latin America and the West Indies.[4][5][6][7]

Species[1]
  1. Macroscepis aurea E.Fourn. - S Brazil, NW Argentina
  2. Macroscepis diademata (Ker Gawl.) W.D.Stevens - Mexico
  3. Macroscepis elliptica N.E.Br. - Brazil
  4. Macroscepis hirsuta (Vahl) Schltr. - Trinidad, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
  5. Macroscepis magnifica Malme - Serra de Caracol in São Paulo
  6. Macroscepis pleistantha Donn.Sm. - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
  7. Macroscepis selloana E.Fourn. - Brazil
  8. Macroscepis urceolata H.Karst. - Colombia, Venezuela
formerly included[1]

Quick Facts Macroscepis, Scientific classification ...

moved to Gonolobus, Matelea, Oxypetalum

  1. Macroscepis dutrae now Gonolobus dutrae
  2. Macroscepis longiflora now Matelea longiflora
  3. Macroscepis retusa now Oxypetalum retusum

References

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  1. [1]
    The Plant List, genus Macroscepis
  2. [2]
    Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1819. Macroscepis. in Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre, & Kunth, Karl Sigismund, Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 3: 200–201, t. 233 in Latin
  3. [3]
    Tropicos, genus Macroscepis
  4. [4]
    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
  5. [5]
    Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
  6. [6]
    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
  7. [7]
    Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalog of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181


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