Fischeria (plant)
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| Fischeria | |
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| Fischeria stellata Illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Asclepiadeae |
| Genus: | Fischeria DC. 1813 |
| Type species | |
| Fischeria scandens DC. | |
Fischeria is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1813. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, and the West Indies.[1][2][3][4]
- Species[5]
- Fischeria billbergiana (Beurl.) Morillo - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
- Fischeria blepharopetala S.F.Blake - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
- Fischeria brachycalyx L.O.Williams - Costa Rica, Panama
- Fischeria panamensis Spellman - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua
- Fischeria polytricha Decne. - Brazil
- Fischeria scandens DC. - S Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Puebla, Campeche, Quinana Roo, Chiapas), Central America, Ecuador, Bolivia, Cuba, Jamaica
- Fischeria stellata (Vell.) E.Fourn. - Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Misiones Province of Argentina
- formerly included[5]
- F. aristolochiifolia, synonym of Gonolobus aristolochiifolius
- F. cincta, synonym of Gonolobus stapelioides
- F. heterophylla, synonym of Gonolobus heterophyllus
- F. hispida, synonym of Gonolobus hispidus
- F. setosa, synonym of Gonolobus setosus
