Lygisma

Lygisma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Marsdenieae
Genus:	Lygisma Hook.f.
Type species
Lygisma angustifolia (Wight) Hook.f.

Lygisma is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1883.^[1] It is native to southern China, Indochina, Malaysia, and the Himalayas.^[2][3]

Species^[4]

1. Lygisma angustifolia (Wight) Hook.f. - Himalayas
2. Lygisma flavum (Ridl.) Kerr - Peninsular Malaysia
3. Lygisma inflexum (Costantin) Kerr - Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
4. Lygisma nervosum Kerr - Thailand

References

1. Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1883. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 15: , pl. 1423
2. Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 262 折冠藤属 zhe guan teng shu Lygisma J. D. Hooker, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 15: 18, t. 1423. 1883.
3. Tropicos, genus Lygisma
4. The Plant List, genus Lygisma

External links

• Data related to Lygisma at Wikispecies