Raphistemma

Raphistemma is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1831.[1][2] It is native to China and Southeast Asia.[3]

Species[4]
  1. Raphistemma hooperianum (Blume) Decne. - Guangxi, Thailand, Vietnam
  2. Raphistemma pulchellum (Roxb.) Wall. - Guangxi, Thailand, India, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim

Raphistemma
Raphistemma pulchellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Raphistemma
Wall.
Type species
Raphistemma pulchellum
(Roxb.) Wall.

References
  1. Nathaniel Wallich, 1832, Plantae Asiaticae Rariores Vol. 2: 50-51, pl. 163 in Latin with commentary in English
  2. Tropicos genus Raphistemma
  3. Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 226 大花藤属 da hua teng shu Raphistemma Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 50. 1831.
  4. The Plant List, genus Raphistemma
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