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Oxypetalum

Oxypetalum
Oxypetalum caeruleum0.jpg
Oxypetalum coeruleum, flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Oxypetalum
R.Br. 1810, conserved name
Synonyms

Gothofreda Vent. 1808, rejected name


Gothofreda Vent. 1808, rejected name

Oxypetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the Apocynaceae family, first described with this name in 1810. The genus is native to South America.

Oxypetalum coeruleum is cultivated as an ornamental.

moved to other genera (Calostigma, Cynanchum, Gothofreda, Morrenia, Philibertia, Tassadia, Tweedia)


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