{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Matelea_denticulata_-_Köhler–s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-067.jpg |image_caption = ''Matelea denticulata''<ref>1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen</ref> |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Matelea |authority = Aubl.<ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7323 |title=Genus: ''Matelea'' Aubl. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2003-03-13 |access-date=2011-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506214215/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7323 |archive-date=2009-05-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |synonyms = *''Amphorella'' {{small|Brandegee (1910)}} *''Callaeolepium'' {{small|H.Karst. (1866)}} *''Coelostelma'' {{small|E.Fourn. (1885)}} *''Cyclodon'' {{small|Small (1933)}} *''Edisonia'' {{small|Small (1933)}} *''Heliostemma'' {{small|Woodson (1935)}} *''Himantostemma'' {{small|A.Gray (1885)}} *''Hostea'' {{small|Willd. (1798), nom. superfl.}} *''Jacaima'' {{small|Rendle (1936)}} *''Labidostelma'' {{small|Schltr. (1906)}} *''Lhotzkyella'' {{small|Rauschert (1982)}} *''Malinvaudia'' {{small|E.Fourn. (1885)}} *''Matella'' {{small|Bartl. (1830), orth. var.}} *''Microdactylon'' {{small|Brandegee (1908)}} *''Odontostephana'' {{small|Alexander (1933)}} *''Omphalophthalma'' {{small|H.Karst. (1866)}} *''Pachystelma'' {{small|Brandegee (1920)}} *''Peckoltia'' {{small|E.Fourn. (1885)}} *''Poicilla'' {{small|Griseb. (1866)}} *''Poicillopsis'' {{small|Schltr. (1912)}} *''Prosthecidiscus'' {{small|Donn.Sm. (1898)}} *''Pulvinaria'' {{small|E.Fourn. (1885), nom. illeg.}} *''Pycnobregma'' {{small|Baill. (1890)}} *''Rothrockia'' {{small|A.Gray (1885)}} *''Rytidoloma'' {{small|Turcz. (1852)}} *''Tetracustelma'' {{small|Baill. (1890)}} *''Trichosacme'' {{small|Zucc. (1845)}} *''Tympananthe'' {{small|Hassk. (1847)}} *''Urostephanus'' {{small|B.L.Rob. & Greenm. (1895)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30001048-2 ''Matelea'' Aubl. ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 25 October 2023.</ref> }}
'''''Matelea''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as '''milkvines'''.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=30364 |taxon=''Matelea'' |accessdate=2011-01-27}}</ref> Some people consider ''Chthamalia'' to be a synonym to or a subgenus of ''Matelea''.<ref name=woodson1941>{{cite journal |last1=Woodson |first1=Robert E. |date=1941 |title=The North American Asclepiadaceae. I. Perspective of the Genera |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16162631#page/227/mode/1up |journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=193–244 |doi=10.2307/2394270 |jstor=2394270 }}</ref>
==Species== {{As of|2023|November}}, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:<ref name=POWO_30001048-2>{{Cite POWO|title=''Matelea'' Aubl..|id=30001048-2|access-date=2023-11-29|mode=cs1}}</ref> {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} *''Matelea abbreviata'' <small>Standl. & L.O.Williams</small> *''Matelea acevedoi'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea acuminata'' <small>(Griseb.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea adenocardia'' <small>(Standl.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea alabamensis'' <small>(Vail) Woodson</small> *''Matelea alainii'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea altamirana'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea ampiyacuensis'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea andina'' <small>(Malme) Morillo</small> *''Matelea angustifolia'' <small>(Griseb.) Greuter & Liede</small> *''Matelea angustiloba'' <small>(B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea annulata'' <small>Alain</small> *''Matelea araneosa'' <small>(Donn.Sm.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea asplundii'' <small>(Malme) Morillo</small> *''Matelea atrocoronata'' <small>(Brandegee) Woodson</small> *''Matelea atrolingua'' <small>Morillo, I.L.Morais & Farinaccio</small> *''Matelea atrostellata'' <small>Rintz</small> *''Matelea attenuata'' <small>(Rusby) Morillo</small> *''Matelea bahiensis'' <small>Morillo & Fontella</small> *''Matelea baldwyniana'' <small>(Sweet) Woodson</small> *''Matelea barrosiana'' <small>Fontella</small> *''Matelea belizensis'' <small>(Lundell & Standl.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea bicolor'' <small>(Britton & P.Wilson) Woodson</small> *''Matelea bolivarensis'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea boliviana'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea brevicoronata'' <small>(B.L.Rob.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea brevistipitata'' <small>Krings & Morillo</small> *''Matelea calcicola'' <small>(Greenm.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea callejasii'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea camiloana'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea campechiana'' <small>(Standl.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea camporum'' <small>(Brandegee) Woodson</small> *''Matelea capillacea'' <small>(E.Fourn.) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz</small> *''Matelea cardozoi'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea carmenaemiliae'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea carnevaliana'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea carolinensis'' <small>(Jacq.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea castanea'' <small>(Brandegee) Woodson</small> *''Matelea cayennensis'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea cervantesii'' <small>Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado</small> *''Matelea chihuahuensis'' <small>(A.Gray) Woodson</small> *''Matelea chimboracensis'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea chrysantha'' <small>(Greenm.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea congesta'' <small>(Decne.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea constanzana'' <small>J.Jiménez Alm.</small> *''Matelea coriacea'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea cornejoi'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea corniculata'' <small>W.D.Stevens & Arbeláez</small> *''Matelea correllii'' <small>Spellman</small> *''Matelea corrugata'' <small>W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea corynephora'' <small>Krings</small> *''Matelea costaricensis'' <small>W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea costata'' <small>(Urb.) Morillo</small> *''Matelea crassifolia'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea cremersii'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea crenata'' <small>(Vail) Woodson</small> *''Matelea crispiflora'' <small>(Urb.) J.Jiménez Alm.</small> *''Matelea cuatrecasasii'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea cynanchoides'' <small>(Engelm. & A.Gray) Woodson</small> *''Matelea decipiens'' <small>(Alexander) Woodson</small> *''Matelea delascioi'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea dictyopetala'' <small>(Urb. & Ekman) Krings</small> *''Matelea diversifolia'' <small>(E.Fourn.) Morillo & Fontella</small> *''Matelea domingensis'' <small>(Alain) Krings</small> *''Matelea dusenii'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea dwyeri'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea ecuadorensis'' <small>(Schltr.) Morillo</small> *''Matelea edwardsensis'' <small>Correll</small> *''Matelea ekmanii'' <small>(Urb.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea elachyantha'' <small>W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea emmartinezii'' <small>W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea falcata'' <small>Juárez-Jaimes, G.M.Hern.-Barón & W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea fendleri'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea ferruginea'' <small>W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea filipes'' <small>W.D.Stevens & Monterrosa</small> *''Matelea flavidula'' <small>(Chapm.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea floridana'' <small>(Vail) Woodson</small> *''Matelea fontellana'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea forerana'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea fournieri'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea fruticosa'' <small>(Brandegee) Woodson</small> *''Matelea funkiana'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea furvescens'' <small>W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea geminiflora'' <small>(Decne.) Fontella</small> *''Matelea gentlei'' <small>(Lundell & Standl.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea gilbertoana'' <small>Krings</small> *''Matelea glandulosa'' <small>(Poepp. ex Decne.) Morillo</small> *''Matelea gonoloboides'' <small>(B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea graciliflora'' <small>Krings & Morillo</small> *''Matelea gracilis'' <small>(Decne.) W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea greenmanii'' <small>Shinners</small> *''Matelea greggii'' <small>(Vail) Woodson</small> *''Matelea grenandii'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea grisebachiana'' <small>(Schltr.) Alain</small> *''Matelea guatemalensis'' <small>(K.Schum.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea haberi'' <small>W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea haitiensis'' <small>(P.T.Li) Krings</small> *''Matelea harlingii'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea hastata'' <small>Alain</small> *''Matelea hastulata'' <small>(A.Gray) Sundell</small> *''Matelea hatschbachii'' <small>(Fontella & C.Valente) Morillo</small> *''Matelea herbacea'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea hildegardiana'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea hirtelliflora'' <small>McDonnell & Fishbein</small> *''Matelea holstii'' <small>Morillo & Carnevali</small> *''Matelea honorana'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea inconspicua'' <small>(Brandegee) Woodson</small> *''Matelea inops'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea insolita'' <small>W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea ionantha'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea jansen-jacobsiae'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea jaramilloi'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea jenmanii'' <small>(Morillo) Morillo</small> *''Matelea johnstonii'' <small>Shinners</small> *''Matelea kirkbridei'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea klugii'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea lanata'' <small>(Zucc.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea lanceolata'' <small>(Decne.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea lehmannii'' <small>(Schltr.) Morillo</small> *''Matelea lesueurii'' <small>(Standl.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea leucodermis'' <small>(Rusby) Morillo</small> *''Matelea lhotzkyana'' <small>(E.Fourn.) Fontella</small> *''Matelea liesneri'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea ligustrina'' <small>(Decne.) Morillo</small> *''Matelea linearipetala'' <small>Alain</small> *''Matelea magallanesii'' <small>E.J.Lott</small> *''Matelea marcoassisii'' <small>Fontella</small> *''Matelea matezkii'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea matogrossensis'' <small>Fontella</small> *''Matelea medusae'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea meyeri'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea micrantha'' <small>L.O.Williams</small> *''Matelea microphylla'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea molinarum'' <small>L.O.Williams</small> *''Matelea monticola'' <small>Alain</small> *''Matelea mutisiana'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea neblinae'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea neei'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea nielsenii'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea nigrescens'' <small>(Schltdl.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea nipensis'' <small>(Urb.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea oaxacana'' <small>(Standl.) W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea obliqua'' <small>(Jacq.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea ocellata'' <small>W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea ochracea'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea oldemanii'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea orthoneura'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea orthosioides'' <small>(E.Fourn.) Fontella</small> *''Matelea pakaraimensis'' <small>Krings</small> *''Matelea palustris'' <small>Aubl.</small> *''Matelea panamensis'' <small>Spellman & Dwyer</small> *''Matelea parvifolia'' <small>(Torr.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea pastazana'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea patalensis'' <small>(Donn.Sm.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea pauciflora'' <small>(Spreng.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea pedalis'' <small>(E.Fourn.) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz</small> *''Matelea pedicellata'' <small>(Malme) Morillo</small> *''Matelea pentactina'' <small>Krings</small> *''Matelea petiolaris'' <small>(A.Gray) Woodson</small> *''Matelea phainops'' <small>Krings</small> *''Matelea picturata'' <small>(Hemsl.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea pilosa'' <small>(Benth.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea pinguifolia'' <small>(Standl.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea porphyrantha'' <small>(Standl.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea porphyrocephala'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea pringlei'' <small>(A.Gray) Woodson</small> *''Matelea proctorii'' <small>Krings</small> *''Matelea prosthecidiscus'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea pseudobarbata'' <small>(Pittier) Woodson</small> *''Matelea pubescens'' <small>(Griseb.) Krings</small> *''Matelea pueblensis'' <small>(Brandegee) Woodson</small> *''Matelea punensis'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea purpureolineata'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea purpusii'' <small>(Brandegee) Woodson</small> *''Matelea pusilliflora'' <small>L.O.Williams</small> *''Matelea pyrrhotricha'' <small>(Decne.) Fontella</small> *''Matelea quercetorum'' <small>(Standl.) W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea quindecimlobata'' <small>Farinaccio & W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea radiata'' <small>Correll</small> *''Matelea refracta'' <small>(E.Fourn.) Morillo</small> *''Matelea reitzii'' <small>Fontella</small> *''Matelea reticulata'' <small>(Engelm. ex A.Gray) Woodson</small> *''Matelea rhamnifolia'' <small>(Griseb.) Krings</small> *''Matelea rhynchocephala'' <small>Krings</small> *''Matelea rivularis'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea rogersii'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea romeroi'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea sagittifolia'' <small>(A.Gray) Woodson ex Shinners</small> *''Matelea sanojana'' <small>Krings & Morillo</small> *''Matelea sastrei'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea schultesii'' <small>Morillo & Carnevali</small> *''Matelea schunkei'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea serpens'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea sintenisii'' <small>(Schltr.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea sprucei'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea squiresii'' <small>(Rusby) Morillo</small> *''Matelea stenopetala'' <small>Sandwith</small> *''Matelea stenosepala'' <small>Lundell</small> *''Matelea stergiosii'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea suareziae'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea suberifera'' <small>(B.L.Rob.) W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea subsessilifolia'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea sucrensis'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea sugillata'' <small>W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea sylvicola'' <small>L.O.Williams</small> *''Matelea tamnifolia'' <small>(Griseb.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea tarrazuana'' <small>J.E.Jiménez & Hidalgo-Mora</small> *''Matelea tenuis'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea texensis'' <small>Correll</small> *''Matelea tezcatlipocantha'' <small>E.B.Cortez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado</small> *''Matelea tigrina'' <small>(Griseb.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea tinctoria'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea tlilxochitli'' <small>E.B.Cortez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado</small> *''Matelea torulosa'' <small>Krings</small> *''Matelea trichopedicellata'' <small>Krings & Morillo</small> *''Matelea tristiflora'' <small>(Standl.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea tuerckheimii'' <small>(Donn.Sm.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea umbellata'' <small>(Brandegee) Woodson</small> *''Matelea urophylla'' <small>L.O.Williams</small> *''Matelea vailiana'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea vargasii'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea variifolia'' <small>(Schltr.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea vaupesana'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea velutina'' <small>(Schltdl.) Woodson</small> *''Matelea velutinoides'' <small>W.D.Stevens</small> *''Matelea violacea'' <small>Woodson</small> *''Matelea virginiae'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea weberbaueri'' <small>Morillo</small> *''Matelea woodsonii'' <small>Shinners</small> *''Matelea wootonii'' <small>(Vail) Woodson</small> *''Matelea woytkowskii'' <small>Morillo</small> {{Div col end}}
===Formerly placed here=== *''Matelea alicieae'' {{small|Morillo}} = ''Peruviasclepias aliciae'' {{small|(Morillo) Morillo}} *''Matelea amazonica'' {{small|Morillo}} = ''Riparoampelos amazonicus'' {{small|(Morillo) Morillo}} *''Matelea arizonica'' <small>(A.Gray) Shinners</small> = ''Gonolobus arizonicus'' *''Matelea borinquensis'' <small>Alain</small> = ''Matelea variifolia'' *''Matelea cyclophylla'' {{small|(Standl.) Woodson}} = ''Suberogerens cyclophylla'' {{small|(Standl.) Morillo}} *''Matelea fimbriatiflora'' <small>Morillo</small> = ''Gonolobus fimbriatiflorus'' *''Matelea fulvida'' {{small|(F.Ballard) W.D.Stevens}} and ''Matelea grandiflora'' {{small|Standl.}} = ''Rotundanthus fulvidus'' {{small|(F.Ballard) Morillo}} *''Matelea gonocarpos'' <small>(Walter) Shinners</small> = ''Gonolobus suberosus'' *''Matelea gracieae'' {{small|Morillo}} = ''Graciemoriana gracieae'' {{small|(Morillo) Morillo}} *''Matelea yanomamica'' {{small|Morillo}} = ''Orinoquia yanomamica'' {{small|(Morillo) Morillo}}
==References== {{Commons category}} {{Wikispecies}} {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?583,604 Jepson Manual Treatment]
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