Vallaris

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Vallaris

Description

Trailing or climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite; Inflorescence an axillary cyme, all axes pubescent; Sepals ovate to linear; Stamens exserted; Fruit a follicle, sometimes formed from only one of the carpels; Seeds ellipsoid, flattened;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, from the Indian subcontinent to Southern China present
3 species from the Indian subcontinent to Southern China; in Malesia 1 species.

Citation

G. Don 1838 – In: Gen. Hist.: 78
Rudjiman 1982 – In: Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool Wageningen: 2
Benth. & Hook.f. 1876 – In: Gen. Pl.: 710
R.Br. 1810: Asclepiadeae: 53
Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1174
Pichon 1950 – In: Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 59
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 243
K. Schum. 1895 – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4: 186
A.DC. 1844 – In: Prodr.: 399
D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand: 94