Xenostegia, the morningvines, are a genus of flowering plants in the bindweed and morning glory family Convolvulaceae, found across the Old World Tropics and Subtropics, from Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, southern Asia and Australia.
| Xenostegia | |
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| Xenostegia tridentata, arrow-leaf morning glory | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Xenostegia D.F.Austin & Staples[1] |
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Species
editCurrently accepted species include:
- Xenostegia alatipes (Dammer) A.R.Simões & Staples
- Xenostegia lomamiensis Sosef & Gereau[2]
- Xenostegia medium (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples
- Xenostegia pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) A.R.Simões & Staples
- Xenostegia sapinii (De Wild.) A.R.Simões & Staples
- Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples
References
edit- ^ Brittonia 32: 533 (1980 publ. 1981)
- ^ Sosef, Marc S. M.; Gereau, Roy E.; Janssens, Steven B.; Kompanyi, Modestine; Simões, Ana R. (2019). "A Curious New Species of Xenostegia (Convolvulaceae) from Central Africa, with Remarks on the Phylogeny of the Genus". Systematic Botany. 44 (2): 405–414. doi:10.1600/036364419X15562052252027. S2CID 198154936.