Rhabdadenia

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: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Rhabdadenieae
Genus: Rhabdadenia
Species: R. biflora – R. madida – R. ragonesei
Name

Rhabdadenia Müll.Arg., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 6(1): 173, t. 52. 1860.

Type species: Rhabdadenia madida (Vell.) Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 121. 1878. originally designated as synonym Rhabdadenia pohlii Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 174. 1860. described without reference to basionym Echites madidus Vell., Fl. Flumin. 3: 112, t. 42. 1829.

References

Müller Argoviensis, J. in Martius, C.F.P. von 1860: Flora Brasiliensis 6(1): 173.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Rhabdadenia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2018. Rhabdadenia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Rhabdadenia. Published online. Accessed: Sep 26 2018. Reference page.
Morales, J.F. 2009. Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XXXVII: Monografia del género Rhabdadenia (Apocynaceae: Echiteae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3: 541-564. JSTOR
Tropicos.org 2018. Rhabdadenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Sep 2018. Reference page.

Rhabdadenia is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1860. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida.[1][2]

Species[1]

Rhabdadenia biflora (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. - widespread from Florida and southern Mexico to Brazil
Rhabdadenia madida (Vell.) Miers - South America from Colombia + the Guianas to Uruguay + Bolivia
Rhabdadenia ragonesei Woodson - Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraguay, N Argentina

formerly included in the genus[1]

Rhabdadenia barbata (Desv. ex Ham.) Miers = Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin
Rhabdadenia berteroi (A.DC.) Müll.Arg. = Angadenia berteroi (A.DC.) Miers
Rhabdadenia campestris (Vell.) Miers = Mandevilla hirsuta (Rich.) K.Schum.
Rhabdadenia corallicola Small = Angadenia berteroi (A.DC.) Miers
Rhabdadenia cubensis Müll.Arg. = Angadenia berteroi (A.DC.) Miers
Rhabdadenia laxiflora Miers = Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin
Rhabdadenia lindeniana Müll.Arg. = Angadenia lindeniana (Müll.Arg.) Miers
Rhabdadenia lucida Miers = Odontadenia nitida (Vahl) Müll.Arg.
Rhabdadenia polyneura Urb = Odontadenia polyneura (Urb.) Woodson
Rhabdadenia sagrae (A.DC.) Müll.Arg. ex Griseb. = Angadenia berteroi (A.DC.) Miers
Rhabdadenia wrightiana Müll.Arg. = Neobracea valenzuelana (A.Rich.) Urb.

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Morales, J.F. (2009). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XXXVII: Monografia del género Rhabdadenia (Apocynaceae: Echiteae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3: 541-564.