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June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

species

Stephanotis abyssinica (Hochst.) S.Reuss, Liede & Meve

This species name was first published in Taxon 71(4): 863. 2022

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-1000031041.

Literature

Liede-Schumann, S., Reuss, S.J., Meve, U., Gâteblé, G., Livshultz, T., Forster, P.I., Wanntorp, L. & Rodda, M. 2022. Phylogeny of Marsdenieae (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) based on chloroplast and nuclear loci, with a conspectus of the genera. Taxon 71(4): 833–875.

Synonyms of Stephanotis abyssinica (Hochst.) S.Reuss, Liede & Meve

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Marsdenia abyssinica	(Hochst.) Schltr.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 143 (1913)	wfo-0000371998
Marsdenia spissa	S.Moore	J. Bot. 39: 260 (1901)	wfo-0000372190
Pterygocarpus abyssinicus	Hochst.	Flora 26: 78 (1843)	wfo-0000392267
Dregea abyssinica	(Hochst.) K.Schum.	Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 326 (1895)	wfo-0000656538
Dregea africana	(Decne.) Martelli	Fl. Bogos. : 55 (1886)	wfo-0000656539
Hoya africana	Decne.	Prodr. 8: 639 (1844)	wfo-0000725121