Finlaysonia

Finlaysonia is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, found from Sri Lanka, India, through Southeast Asia, New Guinea, northern Australia, the Philippines, and Palau. They tend to be vines or climbers and prefer to live on limestone, alongside rivers, or in mangrove swamps.[3]

Finlaysonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Periplocoideae
Genus: Finlaysonia
Wall.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Atherolepis Hook.f.
  • Gongylosperma King & Gamble
  • Gurua Buch.-Ham. ex Wight
  • Meladerma Kerr
  • Stelmacrypton Baill.
  • Stelmocrypton H.E.Baillon, 1889

Species

Species currently accepted by The Plant List[4] are as follows:

  • Finlaysonia curtisii (King & Gamble) Venter
  • Finlaysonia insularum (King & Gamble) Venter
  • Finlaysonia khasiana (Kurz) Venter
  • Finlaysonia lanuginosa (Ridl.) Venter
  • Finlaysonia obovata Wall.
  • Finlaysonia pierrei (Costantin) Venter
  • Finlaysonia wallichii (Wight) Venter

References
  1. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 48 (1831)
  2. Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2019). "Finlaysonia Wall". GBIF Secretariat. doi:10.15468/39omei. Retrieved 21 June 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Kadereit, Joachim W.; Bittrich, Volker (28 March 2019). Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Apiales, Gentianales (Except Rubiaceae). p. 315. ISBN 9783319936055.
  4. "Finlaysonia". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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