Ruehssia cundurango

Ruehssia cundurango
Marsdenia cundurango[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Ruehssia
Species:
R. cundurango
Binomial name
Ruehssia cundurango
(Triana) Liede & H.A.Keller
Subspecies

See text.

Synonyms

Of the species:[2]

  • Gonolobus cundurango Triana

Of subsp. cundurango:[3]

  • Marsdenia cundurango Rchb.f.
  • Marsdenia reichenbachii Triana, nom. superfl.
  • Pseudomarsdenia cundurango (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
  • Pseusmagennetus equatoriensis Ruschenb.

Of subsp. fosteri:[4]

  • Marsdenia cundurango subsp. fosteri Morillo

Ruehssia cundurango is a species of plant of the genus Ruehssia native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in South America.[2] It has the common name condurango.[5] The subspecies Ruehssia cundurango subsp. cundurango (synonym Marsdenia cundurango) is known to contain conduritol, a cyclitol or cyclic polyol. It was first isolated in 1908 by K. Kübler from the bark of the vine.[6]

Subspecies

As of November 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted two subspecies:[2]

  • Ruehssia cundurango subsp. cundurango – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • Ruehssia cundurango subsp. fosteri (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller – Peru

References

  1. ^ 1887 illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehler - Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen
  2. ^ a b c "Ruehssia cundurango (Triana) Liede & H.A.Keller". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  3. ^ "Ruehssia cundurango subsp. cundurango". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  4. ^ "Ruehssia cundurango subsp. fosteri (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  5. ^ Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalog of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181
  6. ^ Marsdenia condurango on www.crescentbloom.com


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