Oncinema

Oncinema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Oncinema
Arn.
Species:
O. lineare
Binomial name
Oncinema lineare
(L.f.) Bullock
Synonyms
  • Apocynum lineare L.f.
  • Astephanus linearis (L.f.) R.Br.
  • Astephanus linearis (L.f.) R.Br. ex Schult.
  • Glossostephanus linearis (L.f.) E.Mey.
  • Oncinema roxburghii Arn.
  • Periploca capensis Roxb. ex Arn.

Oncinema is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1834. It contains only one known species, Oncinema lineare , native to South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 The Plant List, genus Oncinema
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, genus Oncinema
  3. ↑ Arnott, George Arnott Walker. 1834. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 17: 261 description in Latin, commentary in English.
  4. ↑ 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).