Tweedia
Genus of flowering plants
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Tweedia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1835. The genus is native to South America.[2] An ornamental plant, Oxypetalum coeruleum, formerly included in this genus is commonly referred to as "tweedia".[3][4][5][6][7]
| Tweedia | |
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| Tweedia birostrata in Chile | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Asclepiadeae |
| Genus: | Tweedia Hook. & Arn. |
| Type species | |
| Tweedia birostrata (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn.[1] | |
Species
Current species include:[8]
- Tweedia andina (Phil.) G.H.Rua – Chile
- Tweedia aucaensis G.H. Rua – Argentina
- Tweedia australis (Malme) C. Ezcurra – Argentina
- Tweedia birostrata (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn. – Chile
- Tweedia brunonis Hook. & Arn. – Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
- Tweedia echegarayi (Hieron.) Malme – Argentina
- Tweedia solanoides (Hook. & Arn.) Chittenden – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
formerly included:[8]
- Tweedia coerulea, syn of Oxypetalum coeruleum
- Tweedia floribunda, syn of Oxypetalum solanoides
- Tweedia macrolepis, syn of Oxypetalum macrolepis
- Tweedia versicolor, syn of Oxypetalum coeruleum