Family:
Apocynaceae Juss.
Genus:
Oxypetalum R.Br.
Species:
Oxypetalum cordifolium (Vent.) Schltr.

Oxypetalum cordifolium subsp. pedicellatum (Decne.) Fontella & Goyder

This subspecies is accepted, and its native range is SE. & S. Brazil.

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J. Fontella-Pereira, Goyder, D., & N. Marquete F. da Silva. (2005). Infraspecific Variation in Oxypetalum cordifolium (Vent.) Schltr. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae). Kew Bulletin, 60(1), 103-109. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/4110889

Distribution
Occurring in SE and S Brazil from Rio de Janeiro to Paraná and Santa Catarina.
Ecology
Mostly in secondary Atlantic forest, disturbed forest and also along watercourses. Alt. 10 - 1050 m.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx lobe sinuses with a conspicuous cluster of colleters
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla yellow-green or greenish white, ventral tooth shorter than the main corona lobe
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pollinarium
Retinaculum 0.90 - 0.99 mm long; pollinia sessile, 0.54 - 0.60 mm long, little-curved.
Type
In Brasilia', s.d., Glaziou 8795 (holotype G, photo. RB; isotypes BM, R, S).

Native to:

Brazil South, Brazil Southeast

Oxypetalum cordifolium subsp. pedicellatum (Decne.) Fontella & Goyder appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2005 Lima, H.C. [622], Brazil K000096171 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [8795], Brazil K000096170 isotype Yes
Occhioni, P. [1227], Rio de Janeiro Oxypetalum pedicellatum var. itatiaiense K000691500 isotype Yes

First published in Kew Bull. 60: 108 (2005)

Accepted by

  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2012). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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