Telosma

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: Marsdenieae
Genus: Telosma
Species: T. accedens – T. africana – T. angustiloba – T. celebica – T. cordata – T. pallida – T. procumbens – T. puberula
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Telosma in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 12. Reference page.

Name

Telosma Coville, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 384. 1905.

Type species: T. cordata
Synonyms

Prageluria N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. 1907: 325. 1907.

References

Coville, F.V., 1905. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 384.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Telosma in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 12. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2018. Telosma. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Telosma. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 12 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Telosma in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 12.
Tropicos.org 2018. Telosma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 12.
Flora of China (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Aug 21 [1].

Telosma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1905.[1] It is native to Africa, and Asia.[2][3][4]
Species

Accepted species[5]

Telosma accedens (Blume) Backer - Java
Telosma africana (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br. - South Africa, Madagascar
Telosma angustiloba (Warb.) Merr. - Cagayan Province in Philippines
Telosma celebica (Warb.) M.A. Rahman & Wilcock - Sulawesi
Telosma cordata (Burm. f.) Merr. - S China, Indian Subcontinent, Vietnam; naturalized in Europe, North + South America
Telosma pallida (Roxb.) W. G. Craib - Taiwan, Indochina, Indian Subcontinent
Telosma procumbens (Blanco) Merr. - Philippines, Vietnam, southeastern China
Telosma puberula (Miq.) Kerr - Thailand
Telosma unyorensis S. Moore - Uganda

formerly included[5]

Telosma tomentosa, syn of Pergularia tomentosa
References

Coville, Frederick Vernon. 1905. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 9: 384–385
Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 241 夜来香属 ye lai xiang shu Telosma Coville, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 384. 1905.
Choux, P. 1914. Etudes biologiques sur les Asclepiadacees. Annales de l'Institut Botanico-Geologique Colonial de Marseille, sér. 3, 2: 209–464
Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
The Plant List, Telosma