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Genus of flowering plants

Widgrenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Widgrenia
Malme
Species: W. corymbosa
Binomial name
Widgrenia corymbosa
Malme
Synonyms
  • Melinia corymbosa (Malme) Fontella & Farinaccio
  • Melinia iberae J. Fontana

Widgrenia is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1900. It contains only one known species, Widgrenia corymbosa, native to Paraguay, Brazil (States of Paraná and Minas Gerais), and NW Argentina (Corrientes Province).

References

  1. ^ The Plant List
  2. Krapovickas, A. & S. C. M. 1990 . La identidad del género Melinia (Asclepiadaceae). Darwiniana 30: 277–280
Taxon identifiers
Widgrenia
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