Decalepis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Periplocoideae
Genus: Decalepis
Species: D. arayalpathra – D. hamiltonii – D. khasiana – D. nervosa – D. salicifolia
Name

Decalepis Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India: 64 (1834)

Type species: Decalepis hamiltonii Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India: 64 (1834)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Brachylepis Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India: 63 (1834), nom. illeg. vide Anabasis L. Sp. Pl. 1: 223 (1753) (Amaranthaceae)
Baeolepis Decne. ex Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 216 (1849)
Utleria Bedd. ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 743 (1876)
Hanghomia Gagnep. & Thénint, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 83: 392 (1936)
Janakia J.Joseph & V.Chandras., J. Indian Bot. Soc. 57: 308 (1978)

References

Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 64.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Decalepis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Decalepis. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 29 2017. Reference page.
Kambale, S.S., Gholave, A.R., Bhattacharjee, A. & Yadav, S.R. 2016. Typifications and validations of taxa in the genus Decalepis: An economically and ethnobotanically important genus of Gymnanthereae (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae). Taxon 65(4): 875–877. DOI: 10.12705/654.14
Tropicos.org 2017. Decalepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Sept. 2017.

Decalepis is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae.

Species include:[1]

Decalepis arayalpathra (J.Joseph & V.Chandras.) Venter
Decalepis hamiltonii Wight & Arn.
Decalepis nervosa (Wight & Arn.) Venter
Decalepis salicifolia (Bedd. ex Hook.f.)

References

"Decalepis". The Plant List. Retrieved 30 September 2014