Chthamalia

Chthamalia
Chthamalia ojadapantha in highland central Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Subtribe: Gonolobinae
Genus:
Decne.
Species[1]

21; see text

Chthamalia is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae: Gonolobinae). The genus was first formally named in 1844.[2] It contains approximately 21[1] species native to Mexico and the southern United States. Chthamalia is accepted as a genus by Plants of the World Online,[1][3] but is considered by some others to be a synonym or a subgenus of Matelea.[4]

21 SPECIES accepted by Plants of the World Online as of May 17, 2025:

  • Chthamalia atrostellata Morillo | USA (Texas) & Mexico (Coahuila)
  • Chthamalia biflora Decne. | USA (Oklahoma & south-central states)
  • Chthamalia brevicoronata (B.L.Rob.) Morillo | USA (southern Texas)
  • Chthamalia camporum (Brandegee) Morillo | Mexico (Coahuila)
  • Chthamalia castanea (Brandegee) Morillo | Mexico (Puebla, Oaxaca)
  • Chthamalia chihuahuensis (A.Gray) Morillo | USA (SW New Mexico) & northern Mexico
  • Chthamalia cynanchoides (Engelm. & A.Gray) Morillo | USA (Central Oklahoma to SE Texas and W Louisiana
  • Chthamalia decumbens (W.D.Stevens) L.O.Alvarado & E.B.Cortez | Mexico (Durango to México State)
  • Chthamalia lesueurii (Standl.) Morillo | Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)
  • Chthamalia nummularia Decne. | Mexico
  • Chthamalia ojadapantha (L.O.Alvarado, S.Islas & M.G.Chávez) S.Islas & M.G.Chávez | Mexico (Querétaro to Oaxaca)
  • Chthamalia parviflora (Torr.) L.O.Alvarado & E.B.Cortez | USA (Central & S Texas) and NE Mexico
  • Chthamalia pedunculata Decne. | Mexico
  • Chthamalia producta (Torr.) L.O.Alvarado & E.B.Cortez | USA (Arizona & Texas) and northern Mexico
  • Chthamalia prostrata (Cav.) L.O.Alvarado & Cortez | Mexico (NE & central states)
  • Chthamalia pubiflora Decne. | USA (SE Georgia & Florida)
  • Chthamalia radiata (Correll) Morillo | USA (S Texas)
  • Chthamalia schaffneri (A.Gray ex Hemsl.) L.O.Alvarado & M.G.Chávez | Mexico (NE states into Veracruz)
  • Chthamalia tehuacana Castañeda-Zárate, M.G.Chávez & L.O.Alvarado | Mexico (Puebla)
  • Chthamalia texensis (Correll) Morillo | USA (SW Texas)
  • Chthamalia wootonii (Vail) Morillo | Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)

References

  1. ^ a b c Chthamalia Decne. Plants of the World Online.
  2. ^ "IPNI Plant Name Details". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  3. ^ McDonnell, Angela Jean; Fishbein, Mark (2017-06-27). Phylogenomics and evolution of New World milkweed vines (Gonolobinae) and resurrection of Chthamalia: a genome skimming and targeted enrichment approach. Botany 2017. Fort Worth, TX.
  4. ^ Woodson, Robert E. (1941). "The North American Asclepiadaceae. I. Perspective of the Genera". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 28 (2): 193–244. doi:10.2307/2394270. JSTOR 2394270.