6911.000 Marsdenia R. Br.

DREGEA E. Mey.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020) Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2)

Description of the genus

Lianas, twining; rarely erect shrubs. Leaves opposite, lamina cordate; Inflorescence umbel-like, paniculate or raceme-like; terminal or extra-axillary; pedunculated. Flowers calyx 5-lobed, sepals overlapping; basal glands or scales often present; corolla urceolate or campanulate, throat often hairy; lobes twisted to the right; corona lobes 5, erect acuminate, fleshy. Fruit follicles, mostly thick, acuminate; smooth or longitudinally winged. Seeds comose.

Derivation of name: after William Marsden, British traveller and plant collector, 1754-1836

Worldwide: 125 species in the tropics.

Botswana: 2 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:

Coeliades pisistratus (Two-pip policeman)

Tirumala petiverana (Blue monarch, Dappled monarch)

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Content
macrantha (Klotzsch) Schltr.	N	Description, Image
sylvestris (Retz.) P.I. Forst.	N,SE	Description, Image

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