Macroscepis
| Macroscepis | |
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| Macroscepis urceolata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Asclepiadeae |
| Genus: | Macroscepis Kunth |
| Type species | |
| Macroscepis obovata (syn of M. diademata)[1] Kunth
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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]
- Macroscepis aurea E.Fourn. - S Brazil, NW Argentina
- Macroscepis diademata (Ker Gawl.) W.D.Stevens - Mexico
- Macroscepis elliptica N.E.Br. - Brazil
- Macroscepis hirsuta (Vahl) Schltr. - Trinidad, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
- Macroscepis magnifica Malme - Serra de Caracol in São Paulo
- Macroscepis pleistantha Donn.Sm. - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
- Macroscepis selloana E.Fourn. - Brazil
- Macroscepis urceolata H.Karst. - Colombia, Venezuela
- formerly included[1]
moved to Gonolobus, Matelea, Oxypetalum
- Macroscepis dutrae now Gonolobus dutrae
- Macroscepis longiflora now Matelea longiflora
- Macroscepis retusa now Oxypetalum retusum
References
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- ^ a b c The Plant List, genus Macroscepis
- ^ 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
- ^ Tropicos, genus Macroscepis
- ^ 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
- ^ Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
- ^ 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
- ^ 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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