Eustegia is a genus of vines in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus with this name in 1810.[1][2] It is native to southern Africa.[3]

Eustegia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Eustegieae
Genus: Eustegia
R.Br. 1810 not Raf. 1838
Species, accepted, all endemic to South Africa[4]
  1. Eustegia filiformis (L.f.) Schult.
  2. Eustegia fraterna N.E.Br.
  3. Eustegia hastata (Thunb.) R. Br. ex Schult.
  4. Eustegia macropetala Schltr.
  5. Eustegia minuta (L.f.) N.E.Br.
  6. Eustegia plicata Schinz

References

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  1. ^ Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 40
  2. ^ Tropicos, genus Eustegia
  3. ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. ^ The Plant List, genus Eustegia