Genus Stephanotis Thouars

Possible synonym of Marsdenia R. Br.


Summary
Genus number:
16622
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:
Marsdenieae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
if the two genera are united, a rejected (nom. rej.), heterotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) of Marsdenia R. Br., nom. cons.


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References:
  1. Brummitt, R. K. 1993. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 39. Taxon 42:876. Note: Committee for Spermatophyta recommends conservation
  2. Forster, P. I. 1990. (982) Proposal to conserve Marsdenia R. Br. against Stephanotis Thouars (Asclepiadaceae). Taxon 39:364-367.
  3. Forster, P. I. 1995. Circumscription of Marsdenia (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae), with a revision of the genus in Australia and Papuasia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 8:703-933. Note: = Marsdenia R. Br.
  4. Liede, S. & F. Albers. 1994. Tribal disposition of genera in the Asclepiadaceae. Taxon 43:224. Note: accepts
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=16622. Accessed 12 May 2026.