Finlaysonia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Periplocoideae |
| Genus: | Finlaysonia Wall.[1] |
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Finlaysonia is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, found from Sri Lanka, India, through Southeast Asia, New Guinea, northern Australia, the Philippines, and Palau. They tend to be vines or climbers and prefer to live on limestone, alongside rivers, or in mangrove swamps.[3]
Species
[edit]Species currently accepted by The Plant List[4] are as follows:
- Finlaysonia curtisii (King & Gamble) Venter
- Finlaysonia insularum (King & Gamble) Venter
- Finlaysonia khasiana (Kurz) Venter
- Finlaysonia lanuginosa (Ridl.) Venter
- Finlaysonia obovata Wall.
- Finlaysonia pierrei (Costantin) Venter
- Finlaysonia wallichii (Wight) Venter
References
[edit]- ^ Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 48 (1831)
- ^ Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2019). "Finlaysonia Wall". GBIF Secretariat. doi:10.15468/39omei. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Kadereit, Joachim W.; Bittrich, Volker (28 March 2019). Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Apiales, Gentianales (Except Rubiaceae). Springer. p. 315. ISBN 9783319936055.
- ^ "Finlaysonia". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 21 June 2020.