A rather dormant plant from
Tropiflora.com.
The greenish and narrow flower and hair-less vines
from Tropiflora.com.
Different flowers from
Plantsystematics.org, stored under the name Macroscepis pleistantha.
Leaves from Plantsystematics.org, stored
under the name Macroscepis pleistantha. |
Author: |
Robert Everard Woodson, Jr.,
1941 |
Family: |
ASCLEPIDIACEAE* |
Origin: |
Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela |
Soil: |
Grit - Mix |
Water: |
Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
8 Centimetres |
Height: |
3 Metres |
Flower: |
Greenish - Brownish |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names: |
- |
Synonyms: |
Macroscepis congestiflora,
John Donnell Smith, 1898.
Macroscepis pleistantha, John Donnell Smith, 1895.
Matelea pleistantha, L.O. Williams, 1968.
Cynanchum hirsutum, Sessé & Moc.
Cynanchum sessei, P.T.Li.
Matelea congestiflora, Woodson. |
This member of the
Asclepiadaceae* family
was given this name by Robert Everard Woodson, Jr in 1941. It is found in Costa
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela, growing in a well drained soil with
some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to
eight centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to three metres in height. The flowers are from greenish over orange to brownish.
The genera name might be a
local or an old name. It was introduced by Jean Baptiste Christophe
Fusée Aublet in Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 1:
277–280, pl. 109. 1775, but I fail to find any explanation to the
name (but it is in French!).
The species name from Latin; congestus; 'crowded, pressed'
and flora; flower.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Asclepiadaceae is now part of the Apocynaceae.
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The exposed caudex from Tropiflora.com.
Fruits from Plantsystematics.org, stored
under the name Macroscepis pleistantha.
Vine from Plantsystematics.org, stored
under the name Macroscepis pleistantha.
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