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Chthamalia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Subtribe: Gonolobinae
Genus: Chthamalia
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Chthamalia is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae: Gonolobinae). The genus was first formally named in 1844.[1] It contains approximately 15 species.[2] Chthamalia is considered by some to be a synonym or a subgenus of Matelea.[3]

References

  1. ^ "IPNI Plant Name Details". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  2. ^ McDonnell, Angela Jean; Fishbein, Mark (2017-06-27). Phylogenomics and evolution of New World milkweed vines (Gonolobinae) and resurrection of Chthamalia: a genome skimming and targeted enrichment approach. Botany 2017. Forth Worth, TX.
  3. ^ Woodson, Robert E. (1941). "The North American Asclepiadaceae. I. Perspective of the Genera". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 28: 193–244. doi:10.2307/2394270.