Spirolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1889. It includes only one known species, Spirolobium cambodianum, native to Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo).[1][2][3]

Spirolobium
Spirolobium cambodianum in Cambodia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Malouetieae
Genus: Spirolobium
Baill. 1889, conserved name, not Orb. 1839
Species:
S. cambodianum
Binomial name
Spirolobium cambodianum
Synonyms[1]
  • Holarrhena pauciflora Ridl.

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  3. ^ Middleton, D.J. (2011). Flora of peninsular Malaysia , II, 2: 1-235. Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia.