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Macroscepis
Sign in to saveMacroscepis is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1819. It is native to Latin America and the West Indies.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Macroscepis is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to Asclepiadoideae, plant and Wikidata.
It is catalogued under topics including Apocynaceae genera and Asclepiadoideae.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 171
- With media
- 58
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, INECOL, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG, IBUNAM, RSA, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Bolivia, Brasil
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
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- taxon name
- Macroscepis
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Macroscepis
- Commons category
- Macroscepis
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Encyclopedic overview
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Macroscepis is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1819. It is native to Latin America and the West Indies. Species formerly included moved to Gonolobus, Matelea, Oxypetalum Macroscepis dutrae now Gonolobus dutrae Macroscepis longiflora now Matelea longiflora Macroscepis retusa now Oxypetalum retusum
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Macroscepis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.