Funastrum

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Sarcostemma cynanchoides 2004-05-24.jpg

|image_caption = Funastrum cynanchoides

|taxon = Funastrum

|authority = E.Fourn.{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?14595 |title=Genus: Funastrum E. Fourn. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2010-01-28 |access-date=2011-09-22}}

|synonyms =

Ceramanthus (Kunze) Malme, nom. illeg.
Philibertella Vail

|synonyms_ref =

}}

Funastrum is a genus of flowering plant now in the family Apocynaceae. The name is derived from the Latin word funis, meaning "rope", and astrum, alluding to the twining stems.{{cite book|author=Daniel F. Austin|title=Baboquivari Mountain Plants: Identification, Ecology, and Ethnobotany|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nnFVFdp0dWIC&pg=PA49|access-date=30 August 2012|date=15 May 2010|publisher=University of Arizona Press|isbn=978-0-8165-2837-0|page=49}} Members of the genus are commonly known as twinevines.{{ITIS |id=564853 |taxon=Funastrum |access-date=2011-09-22}}

Species

{{As of|2023|February}}, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

Funastrum angustissimum (Andersson) E.Fourn.
Funastrum arenarium (Decne. ex Benth.) Liede
Funastrum bilobum (Hook. & Arn.) J.F.Macbr.
Funastrum clausum (Jacq.) Schltr. – white twinevine
Funastrum crispum (Benth.) Schltr. – wavyleaf twinevine
Funastrum cynanchoides (Decne.) Schltr. – fringed twinevine
Funastrum elegans (Decne.) Schltr.
Funastrum flavum (Meyen) Malme
Funastrum glaucum (Kunth) Schltr.
Funastrum gracile (Decne.) Schltr.
Funastrum heterophyllum (Engelm. ex Torr.) Standl.
Funastrum hirtellum (Vail) Schltr. – hairy milkweed
Funastrum lindenianum (Decne.) Schltr.
Funastrum odoratum (Hemsl.) Schltr.
Funastrum pannosum (Decne.) Schltr.
Funastrum refractum (Donn.Sm.) Schltr.
Funastrum rupicola Goyder
Funastrum suffrutescens E.Fourn.
Funastrum torreyi (A.Gray) Schltr. – soft twinevine
Funastrum trichopetalum (Silveira) Schltr.
Funastrum utahense (Engelm.) Liede & Meve

=Formerly placed here=

Seutera angustifolia (Pers.) Fishbein & W.D.Stevens (as F. angustifolium (Pers.) Liede & Meve){{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?14595 |title=GRIN Species Records of Funastrum |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=2011-09-22}}

References

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{{cite web |title=Funastrum E.Fourn.. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3376-1 |access-date=2023-02-03 }}

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External links

{{Commons category-inline|Funastrum|Funastrum}}
{{Wikispecies-inline|Funastrum|Funastrum}}
[https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=FUNAS USDA PLANTS Profile]
[http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Apocynaceae/Funastrum/ Kew Plant List]

Category:Asclepiadoideae

Category:Apocynaceae genera