Nomenclature: wfo-4000039870

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Taxonomy: Accepted in 2025-06 classification

Occurs in: 2022-12 : 2023-06 : 2023-12 : 2024-06 : 2024-12 : 2025-06

Placement: Code > Plantae Haeckel > Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown > Angiosperms > Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl > Apocynaceae Juss. > Asclepiadeae Duby > Gonolobinae Liede > Urostephanus B.L.Rob. & Greenm.

Subtaxa

• Urostephanus araneosus Gonz.-Martínez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado
• Urostephanus gonoloboides B.L.Rob. & Greenm.

Unplaced Names

• Urostephanus balrog (Gonz.-Martínez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado) Gonz.-Martínez
• Urostephanus cornutus (Gonz.-Martínez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado) Gonz.-Martínez
• Urostephanus jaimesiae (Gonz.-Martínez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado) Gonz.-Martínez
• Urostephanus lokii (Gonz.-Martínez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado) Gonz.-Martínez
• Urostephanus medusae (Woodson) Gonz.-Martínez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado
• Urostephanus patalensis (Donn.Sm.) Gonz.-Martínez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado
• Urostephanus porphyranthus (Standl.) Gonz.-Martínez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado

Taxonomic References

• literature : González-Martínez, C. A., L. Lozada-Pérez, M. E. Olson and L. O. Alvarado-Cárdenas. 2024. Systematics of Urostephanus: resurrection of a Mesoamerican taxon of Gonolobinae (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), with eight new combinations. Acta Botanica Mexicana 131: e2302.
• database : POWO record for urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3783-1 Based on the initial data import

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