Heterostemma

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: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Heterostemminae
Genus: Heterostemma
Species: H. acuminatum – H. alatum – H. andersonii – H. angustilobum – H. balansae – H. barikianum – H. beddomei – H. bicanthaceum – H. brownii – H. carnosum – H. collinum – H. cucphuongense – H. cuspidatum – H. dalzellii – H. deccanense – H. disciflorum – H. esquirolii – H. ficoides – H. fimbriatum – H. garrettii – H. grandiflorum – H. herbertii – H. javanicum – H. kaniense – H. lobulatum – H. luteum – H. maculatum – H. magnificum – H. membranifolium – H. menghaiense – H. montanum – H. oblongifolium – H. pingtaoi – H. piperifolium – H. samoense – H. siamicum – H. sinicum – H. stellatum – H. suberosum – H. succosum – H. tanjorense – H. trilobatum – H. tsoongii – H. urceolatum – H. vasudevanii – H. wallichii – H. xuansonense
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Heterostemma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 29. Reference page.

Name

Heterostemma Wight & Arn., Contr. Bot. India: 42 (1834)

Type species: Heterostemma tanjorense Wight & Arn. Designated by Huber (1973; Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 1:49, "tanjorensis")

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Symphysicarpus Hassk., Flora 40: 101 (1857)
Oianthus Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 2: 775 (1876)
Dittoceras Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 15: t. 1422 (1883)

References
Primary references

Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India:42.

Additional references

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Meve, U., Heiduk, A. & Liede-Schumann, S. 2017. Origin and early evolution of Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae - Asclepiadoideae). Systematics and Biodiversity 15(2): 143–155. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1238019 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Heterostemma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Heterostemma. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 21 2017. Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 醉魂藤属

Heterostemma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1834.[2] It is native to India, China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, and certain islands in the Pacific.[3][4][5]
Species

45 species are currently accepted:[1]

Heterostemma acuminatum Decne. – Java
Heterostemma alatum Wight & Arn. – Indian subcontinent and Myanmar
Heterostemma andersonii (Hook.f.) Rodda – eastern Himalayas (Sikkim to Darjeeling)
Heterostemma angustilobum Schltr. – Philippines (Mindanao)
Heterostemma barikianum P.Agnihotri, D.Husain, P.Katiyar, D.Sahoo, Rodda & T.Husain – Manipur, Myanmar, and Thailand
Heterostemma beddomei (Hook.f.) Swarupan. & Mangaly – southwestern India
Heterostemma bicanthaceum Meve, Gâteblé & Liede – New Caledonia
Heterostemma brownii Hayata – southern China including Taiwan
Heterostemma carnosum Rodda – eastern New Guinea
Heterostemma collinum Schltr. – New Guinea
Heterostemma cucphuongense T.B.Tran & Rodda – Vietnam
Heterostemma cuspidatum Decne. – Philippines
Heterostemma dalzellii Hook.f. – western India
Heterostemma deccanense (Talbot) Swarupan. & Mangaly – southwestern India (Maharashtra and Kerala)
Heterostemma disciflorum (Hook.f.) Swarupan. & Mangaly – southern India (Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka)
Heterostemma esquirolii (H.Lév.) Tsiang – Thailand and southern China
Heterostemma ficoides A.Kidyoo – Thailand
Heterostemma fimbriatum King & Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia (Perak)
Heterostemma garrettii (Kerr) Rodda – Thailand
Heterostemma grandiflorum Costantin – Vietnam and southern China
Heterostemma herbertii Elmer – Philippines (Luzon)
Heterostemma kaniense Schltr. – New Guinea
Heterostemma lobulatum Y.H.Li & Konta – Yunnan
Heterostemma maculatum (Kerr) Rodda – Thailand
Heterostemma magnificum P.I.Forst. – Australia (Northern Territory)
Heterostemma membranifolium (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Schltr. – Bismarck Archipelago
Heterostemma menghaiense (H.Zhu & H.Wang) M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li - Yunnan, Hainan, and Taiwan
Heterostemma montanum Schltr. – New Guinea
Heterostemma oblongifolium Costantin – Vietnam, Laos, southern China
Heterostemma pingtaoi Shao Y.He & J.Y.Lin – Hainan
Heterostemma piperifolium King & Gamble – southern Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand) and Peninsular Malaysia
Heterostemma samoense (A. Gray) P.I. Forst. – Samoa
Heterostemma saolaense Rodda & T.A.Le – Vietnam
Heterostemma siamicum Craib – Thailand, Vietnam, southern China (southern Yunnan and Guangxi)
Heterostemma sinicum Tsiang – Hainan
Heterostemma stellatum Hook.f. – eastern Himalayas and Assam
Heterostemma suberosum Costantin – Vietnam
Heterostemma succosum Kerr – Thailand
Heterostemma tanjorense Wight & Arn. – India and Sri Lanka
Heterostemma trilobatum A.Kidyoo & Thaithong – Thailand
Heterostemma tsoongii Tsiang - southern China (Guangxi, Fujian, and Hainan)
Heterostemma urceolatum Dalzell – southwestern India (Maharashtra and Karnataka)
Heterostemma vasudevanii Swarupan. & Mangaly – India (Kerala)
Heterostemma wallichii Wight & Arn. - Yunnan, Nepal, Assam, and Bhutan
Heterostemma xuansonense T.B.Tran & J.Hw.Kim – Vietnam

References

Heterostemma Wight & Arn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 42
Tropicos
Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 263 醉魂藤属 zui hun teng shu Heterostemma Wight & Arnott in Wight, Contr. Bot. India. 42. 1834.
Forster, P. I. 1992. A taxonomic revision of Heterostemma Wight & Arn. (Asclepiadaceae: Stapelieae) in Australia and the West Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 5: 71–80.