{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Dictyanthus yucatanensi.jpg |image_caption = ''Dictyanthus yucatanensis'' |taxon = Dictyanthus |authority = Decne. |type_species = ''Dictyanthus pavonii'' |type_species_authority = Decne. |synonyms_ref=<ref name=i/> |synonyms=''Matelea'' subgen. ''Dictyanthus'' <small>(Decne.) Woodson</small> }}
'''''Dictyanthus''''' is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/163560#page/612/mode/1up Decaisne, Joseph. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 604–605] in Latin</ref><ref name=i>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40030299 Tropicos, genus ''Dictyanthus'']</ref> It is native to Mexico and Central America.<ref>Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México</ref><ref>Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326</ref><ref>Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.</ref><ref>Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa</ref>
;Species<ref name=j>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Dictyanthus The Plant List, genus ''Dictyanthus'']</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| # ''Dictyanthus aeneus'' <small>Woodson</small> - Yucatán, Campeche # ''Dictyanthus altatensis'' <small>(Brandegee) W.D.Stevens</small> - Sonora, Sinaloa # ''Dictyanthus asper'' <small>(Mill.) W.D.Stevens</small> - Veracruz, Colima, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua # ''Dictyanthus ceratopetalus'' <small>Donn.Sm.</small> - Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua # ''Dictyanthus eximius'' <small>(W.D.Stevens) W.D.Stevens</small> - Chiapas # ''Dictyanthus hamatus'' <small>(W.D.Stevens) W.D.Stevens</small> - Oaxaca, Guerrero # ''Dictyanthus lautus'' <small>(W.D.Stevens) W.D.Stevens</small> - Colima # ''Dictyanthus macvaughianus'' (W.D.Stevens) W.D.Stevens - Michoacán, Jalisco # ''Dictyanthus parviflorus'' Hemsl. - Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz # ''Dictyanthus pavonii'' <small>Decne.</small> - Guanajuato, Colima, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Jalisco, Morelos, México State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Sinaloa # ''Dictyanthus prostratus'' <small>Brandegee</small> - Veracruz # ''Dictyanthus sepicola'' <small>(W.D.Stevens) W.D.Stevens</small> - Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa # ''Dictyanthus stapeliiflorus'' <small>Rchb.</small> - Mexico # ''Dictyanthus suffruticosus'' <small>(W.D.Stevens) W.D.Stevens</small> - Oaxaca # ''Dictyanthus tigrinus'' <small>Conz. & Standl.</small> - Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas # ''Dictyanthus tuberosus'' <small>C.B.Rob.</small> - Jalisco, Durango, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora # ''Dictyanthus yucatanensis'' <small>Standl.</small> - Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo }} ;formerly included<ref name=j/> moved to ''Matelea'' *''Dictyanthus reticulatus'' <small>(Engelm. ex A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl.,</small> synonym of ''Matelea reticulata'' <small>(Engelm. ex A.Gray) Woodson</small>
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Category:Apocynaceae genera Category:Asclepiadoideae