Oxypetalum, W. D. Stevens 31303--Paraguay. Edo. Concepcion. Garay Cue. 21 Mar 2011. 048 (4).jpg
Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela; introduced into New South Wales, Queensland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Paraguay, Concepcion
-22.533611, -57.361667
Location Remarks
Estancia Garay Cuê, "Mirador" at top of a steep sandstone bluff with jumbled boulders; forest among rocks. 380 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Herbaceous twining vine with milky sap, fruits green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Oxypetalum
Authorship
R.Br.
