Xenostegia

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Xenostegia

Genus of Convolvulaceae plants

Xenostegia, the morningvines, are a genus of flowering plants in the bindweed and morning glory family Convolvulaceae, found across the Old World Tropics and Subtropics, from Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, southern Asia and Australia.

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Species

Currently accepted species include:

  • Xenostegia alatipes (Dammer) A.R.Simões & Staples
  • Xenostegia lomamiensis Sosef & Gereau[2]
  • Xenostegia medium (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples
  • Xenostegia pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) A.R.Simões & Staples
  • Xenostegia sapinii (De Wild.) A.R.Simões & Staples
  • Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples

References

  1. [1]
    Brittonia 32: 533 (1980 publ. 1981)
  2. [2]
    Sosef, Marc S. M.; Gereau, Roy E.; Janssens, Steven B.; Kompanyi, Modestine; Simões, Ana R. (2019). "A Curious New Species of Xenostegia (Convolvulaceae) from Central Africa, with Remarks on the Phylogeny of the Genus". Systematic Botany. 44 (2): 405–414. doi:10.1600/036364419X15562052252027. S2CID 198154936.
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