Marsdenia

Short description: Genus of plants

Marsdenia

Marsdenia floribunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Gentianales
Family:  | Apocynaceae
Subfamily:  | Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:  | Marsdenieae
Genus:  | Marsdenia
R.Br.
Type species
Marsdenia tinctoria

R.Br. (1810), nom. cons.

Synonyms[1]

* Conocalpis Bojer ex Decne.
* Koelreuteria Medik., nom. illeg.
* Pseudosarcolobus Costantin

Marsdenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810.[2] It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden.[3] The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.[4][5][6][7]

## Species

As of November 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

* Marsdenia barbata Collett & Hemsl.
* Marsdenia brachyloba M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li
* Marsdenia brunoniana Wight & Arn.
* Marsdenia burmanica Wen B.Xu & J.Y.Shen
* Marsdenia calcicola Kerr
* Marsdenia cardozoi Morillo
* Marsdenia carnosa Lace
* Marsdenia celebica (Miq.) Boerl.
* Marsdenia chirindensis Goyder
* Marsdenia crassipes Hemsl.
* Marsdenia crocea (Zipp. ex Span.) Hook.f. ex Boerl.
* Marsdenia cryptostemma Choux
* Marsdenia cyanescens Costantin
* Marsdenia cynanchoides Schltr.
* Marsdenia dressleri Spellman
* Marsdenia elephantina Schltr.
* Marsdenia engleriana W.Rothe
* Marsdenia epedunculata Rodda
* Marsdenia eriocarpa Hook.f.
* Marsdenia eriocaulis Kerr
* Marsdenia ferreyrae Morillo
* Marsdenia formosana Masam.
* Marsdenia fulva Schltr.
* Marsdenia gilgiana W.Rothe
* Marsdenia glabra Costantin
* Marsdenia glomerata Tsiang
* Marsdenia griffithii Hook.f.
* Marsdenia guillauminiana (P.T.Li) Meve, Gâteblé & Liede
* Marsdenia hainanensis Tsiang
* Marsdenia hamiltonii Wight
* Marsdenia iriomotensis Masam.
* Marsdenia jenkinsii Hook.f.
* Marsdenia kaniensis Schltr.
* Marsdenia klossii S.Moore
* Marsdenia koi Tsiang
* Marsdenia lachnostoma Benth.
* Marsdenia laurifolia (Decne.) Kloppenb.
* Marsdenia leiocarpa King & Prain
* Marsdenia lucida Edgew. ex Madden
* Marsdenia mahaweeensis Kloppenb.
* Marsdenia mayottae W.D.Stevens, Labat & F.Barthelat
* Marsdenia medogensis P.T.Li
* Marsdenia minima (P.I.Forst.) Schneidt, Liede & Meve
* Marsdenia mollis Schltr.
* Marsdenia nicaraguensis W.D.Stevens
* Marsdenia nicoyana Pittier
* Marsdenia oculata Schltr.
* Marsdenia officinalis Y.Tsiang & P.T.Li
* Marsdenia olgamarthae W.D.Stevens
* Marsdenia oreophila W.W.Sm.
* Marsdenia ovata E.Fourn.
* Marsdenia panamensis Spellman
* Marsdenia papuana Schltr.
* Marsdenia peraffinis S.F.Blake
* Marsdenia pergulariiformis Schltr.
* Marsdenia pierrei Costantin
* Marsdenia pseudoedulis Woodson
* Marsdenia pseudotinctoria Tsiang
* Marsdenia pulchella Hand.-Mazz.
* Marsdenia purpurella Fernando & Rodda
* Marsdenia quadrialata Choux
* Marsdenia raziana Yogan. & Subr.
* Marsdenia rotata Schltr.
* Marsdenia roylei Wight
* Marsdenia sarcodantha Schltr.
* Marsdenia schneideri Tsiang
* Marsdenia scortechinii King & Gamble
* Marsdenia sinensis Hemsl.
* Marsdenia stellaris Ridl.
* Marsdenia stenantha Hand.-Mazz.
* Marsdenia stenocentra Bakh.f.
* Marsdenia sultanis Schltr.
* Marsdenia taylorii Schltr. & Rendle
* Marsdenia tenii M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li
* Marsdenia thailandica Rodda
* Marsdenia tinctoria R.Br.
* Marsdenia tirunelvelica A.N.Henry & Subr.
* Marsdenia tomentosa C.Morren & Decne.
* Marsdenia tonkinensis Costantin
* Marsdenia vohiborensis Choux
* Marsdenia warburgii Schltr.
* Marsdenia wariana Schltr.
* Marsdenia yarlungzangboensis C.Liu, J.D.Ya & Y.H.Tan
* Marsdenia yuei M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li
* Marsdenia yunnanensis (H.Lév.) Woodson

### Former species

Species transferred to other genera (such as Anisopus, Blepharodon, Cionura, Cynanchum, Dischidanthus, Dischidia, Gongronema, Gymnema, Jasminanthes, Leichhardtia, Lygisma, Matelea, Pergularia, Sarcolobus, Secamonopsis, Sinomenium, Stephanotis, Stigmatorhynchus, and Vincetoxicum) include:

* M. abyssinica, now Stephanotis abyssinica
* M. acuminata (Wall.) I.M.Turner, now Gymnema acuminatum
* M. acuminata (Brongn.) Choux, now Stephanotis acuminata
* M. acuta, now Sinomenium acutum
* M. angustifolia, now Lygisma angustifolia
* M. australis, now Leichhardtia australis
* M. batesii, now Anisopus mannii
* M. bicolor, now Matelea bicolor
* M. bicoronata, now Anisopus bicoronata
* M. billardieri, now Parsonia flexuosa
* M. brachystephana, now Sarcolobus brachystephanus
* M. brevifolia, now Gymnema brevifolium
* M. brunoniana, now Pergularia brunoniana
* M. calesiana, now Pergularia calesiana
* M. cinerascens, now Tylophora cinerascens
* M. clausa, now Pergularia clausa
* M. crinita, now Stephanotis crinita
* M. cundurango, now Ruehssia cundurango subsp. cundurango
* M. dissitiflora, now Gymnema dissitiflorum
* M. efulensis, now Anisopus efulensis
* M. elliptica, now Ruehssia elliptica
* M. erecta, now Cionura erecta
* M. ericoides, now Leichhardtia ericoides
* M. faulknerae, now Stephanotis faulknerae
* M. flavescens, now Leichhardtia flavescens
* M. gazensis, now Gongronemopsis gazense
* M. geminata, now Gymnema sylvestre
* M. glabriflora, now Gongronemopsis latifolia
* M. gracilis, now Blepharodon mucronatum
* M. grandiflora (Decne.) Choux 1923 not C.Norman 1929, now Stephanotis grandiflora
* M. hamiltonii, now Pergularia hamiltonii
* M. hirta, now Gymnema hirtum
* M. javanica, now Cynanchum javanicum
* M. lactifera, now Gymnema lactiferum
* M. lanceolata, now Stephanotis volubilis
* M. leonensis, now Gongronemopsis latifolia
* M. leptophylla, now Leichhardtia viridiflora subsp. viridiflora
* M. littoralis, now Gymnema littorale
* M. lloydii, now Leichhardtia lloydii
* M. longiflora, now Stephanotis longiflora
* M. mackeeorum, now Leichhardtia mackeeorum
* M. madagascariensis, now Secamonopsis madagascariensis
* M. matudae, now Cynanchum peraffine
* M. muelleri, now Gymnema muelleri
* M. neriifolia, now Blepharodon gomphocarpoides
* M. obscura, now Gongronema obscurum
* M. parasita, now Dischidia parasita
* M. picta, now Blepharodon pictum
* M. pilosa, now Jasminanthes pilosa
* M. pleiadenia, now Gymnema pleiadenium
* M. racemosa, now Gongronema latifolium
* M. rhynchogyna, now Anisopus mannii
* M. rostrata, now Pergularia rostrata
* M. rostrata var. dunnii, now Gymnema dunnii
* M. rostrifera, now Anisopus rostrifera
* M. schimperi, now Stephanotis schimperi
* M. stelostigma, now Stephanotis stelostigma
* M. suaveolens, now Leichhardtia suaveolens
* M. suborbicularis, now Gymnema suborbiculare
* M. sylvestris, now Gymnema sylvestre
* M. syringifolia, now Gymnema syringifolium
* M. taylorii, now Gongronema taylorii
* M. thouarsii, now Stephanotis thouarsii
* M. tikalana, now Gonolobus glaberrimus
* M. tricholepis, now Gymnema tricholepis
* M. trinervis, now Gymnema trinerve
* M. tubulosa, now Leichhardtia tubulosa
* M. umbellifera, now Stigmatorhynchus umbelliferus
* M. urceolata, now Dischidanthus urceolatus
* M. velutina, now Tylophora velutina
* M. vincaeflora, now Stephanotis vincaeflora
* M. viridiflora, now Pergularia viridiflora
* M. volubilis, now Stephanotis volubilis
* M. woodburyana, now Ruehssia woodburyana[8]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Marsdenia R.Br.." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/331758-2.
2. ↑ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 460.  in Latin
3. ↑ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 327
4. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 243 牛奶菜属 niu nai cai shu Marsdenia R. Brown, Prodr. 460. 1810.
5. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.
6. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/. Retrieved 2015-08-20. . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
7. ↑ Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Flora of Pakistan Univ. of Karachi, Karachi
8. ↑ Bárrios, Sara; Sustache, José A.; Goyder, David; Hamilton, Martin A. (23 January 2020). "New island record and conservation status of Puerto Rican Bank endemic plant species, Ruehssia woodburyana (Acev.-Rodr.) Goyder, comb. nov., formally transferred from Marsdenia". Biodivers. Data J. 8: e47110. doi:10.3897/BDJ.8.e47110. PMID 32025187.

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