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Riparoampelos

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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: Riparoampelos
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]

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