Metalepis [SEP] parent taxon
Metalepis
Metalepis is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1866. It is native to northern South America, Central America, Mexico, Florida, and the West Indies.
- Species
2. "Metalepis albiflora" - Colombia, Ecuador, Fr Guiana, N Brazil, West Indies
3. "Metalepis cubensis" - Florida, Cuba, Belize, Veracruz in Mexico
4. "Metalepis gentryi" - Ecuador
5. "Metalepis haughtii" - Ecuador
6.
"Metalepis peraffinis" - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
7. "Metalepis prevostiae" - French Guyana, Panama
- formerly included
- "Metalepis brasiliensis" now "Cynanchum brasiliense"