Xenostegia
Xenostegia tridentata, arrow-leaf morning glory
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Xenostegia
D.F.Austin & Staples[1]
Species

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Xenostegia, the morningvines, are a genus of flowering plants in the bindweed and morning glory family Convolvulaceae, found across the Old World Tropics and Subtropics, from Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, southern Asia and Australia.

Species

Currently accepted species include:

  • Xenostegia alatipes (Dammer) A.R.Simões & Staples
  • Xenostegia lomamiensis Sosef & Gereau[2]
  • Xenostegia medium (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples
  • Xenostegia pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) A.R.Simões & Staples
  • Xenostegia sapinii (De Wild.) A.R.Simões & Staples
  • Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples

References

  1. Brittonia 32: 533 (1980 publ. 1981)
  2. Sosef, Marc S. M.; Gereau, Roy E.; Janssens, Steven B.; Kompanyi, Modestine; Simões, Ana R. (2019). "A Curious New Species of Xenostegia (Convolvulaceae) from Central Africa, with Remarks on the Phylogeny of the Genus". Systematic Botany. 44 (2): 405–414. doi:10.1600/036364419X15562052252027. S2CID 198154936.
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