Tweedia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Genus: |
Tweedia Hook. & Arn. |
Type species | |
Tweedia birostrata (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn. |
Tweedia is a genus of flowering plants in the Apocynaceae family, first described as a genus in 1835. The genus is native to South America. An ornamental plant, Oxypetalum coeruleum, formerly included in this genus is commonly referred to as "tweedia".
formerly included