Blepharodon

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Blepharodon is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.[2] They are native primarily to South America, with one species extending into Central America and Mexico.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Species
  1. Blepharodon amazonicum - NW Brazil
  2. Blepharodon ampliflorum - NW Brazil
  3. Blepharodon angustifolium - Paraguay
  4. Blepharodon bicolor - Brazil
  5. Blepharodon bicuspidatum - Brazil
  6. Blepharodon colombianum - Colombia
  7. Blepharodon costae - Bahia
  8. Blepharodon crabronum - Serrania de Santiago de Chiquitos in Bolivia
  9. Blepharodon cuatrecasasii - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia
  10. Blepharodon glaucescens - Guyana
  11. Blepharodon gomphocarpoides
  12. Blepharodon grandiflorum - Colombia
  13. Blepharodon harlingii - Ecuador
  14. Blepharodon hatschbachii - Ponte de Pedra in Mato Grosso
  15. Blepharodon hirsutum - Rio de Contas in Bahia
  16. Blepharodon juliani - Bolívar State in SE Venezuela
  17. Blepharodon lineare - Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay
  18. Blepharodon maigualidae - Amazonas State in S Venezuela
  19. Blepharodon manicatum - Piauí
  20. Blepharodon mucronatum - from Tamaulipas + Nayarit south to Colombia + Venezuela
  21. Blepharodon perijaense - Sierra de Perijá in Colombia
  22. Blepharodon philibertioides - Cerro San Miserate in Bolivia
  23. Blepharodon pictum - Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname, Fr Guiana
  24. Blepharodon polydori - Colombia
  25. Blepharodon reflexum - Paraguay, Brazil
  26. Blepharodon salicinum - Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia
  27. Blepharodon suberectum - Cauca region in Colombia
  28. Blepharodon tillettii - Guyana
  29. Blepharodon ulei - Guyana, S Venezuela, N Brazil
formerly included
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Quick facts Scientific classification, Type species ...
Blepharodon
Blepharodon pictum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Blepharodon
Decne.
Type species
Blepharodon lineare
Synonyms[1]
  • Anomotassa K.Schum.
  • Ptycholepis Griseb.
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transferred to other genera (Ditassa, Minaria, Nephradenia)

  1. B. asparagoides now Nephradenia asparagoides
  2. B. ciliatum now Ditassa ciliata
  3. B. polygaloides now Minaria polygaloides
  4. B. viscidum now Nephradenia linearis
  5. Blepharodon bolivianum now Vailia mucronata [11]
  6. Blepharodon peruvianum now Vailia mucronata[11]

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