Metastelma macropodum Greenm.

First published in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 33: 481 (1898)
This name is a synonym of Metastelma palmeri

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Liede, s. & Meve, U. (2004). Revision of Metastelma (Apocynaceae - Asclepiadoideae) in southwestern north America and central America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 91: 31-86. [Cited as Metastelma palmeri.]
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902. [Cited as Metastelma palmeri.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. [Cited as Metastelma macropoda.]
  • Juárez-Jaimes, V. & Lozada, L. (2003). Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán 37: 1-57. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. [Cited as Metastelma macropoda.]

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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