Matelea variifolia

{{short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = |genus = Matelea |species = variifolia |authority = (Schltr.) Woodson<ref name=POWO_154641-2/> |synonyms = {{Species list |Gonolobus variifolius|Schltr. |Matelea borinquensis|Alain |Vincetoxicum variifolium|(Schltr.) Britton }} |synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO_154641-2>{{Cite POWO|title=''Matelea variifolia'' (Schltr.) Woodson|id=154641-2|access-date=2023-11-29|mode=cs1}}</ref> }}

'''''Matelea variifolia''''', synonyms including ''''' Matelea borinquensis''''',<ref name=POWO_154641-2/> known commonly as the '''San Lorenzo milkvine''',<ref>{{ITIS |id=503699 |taxon=''Matelea borinquensis''}}</ref> is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae.<ref name=POWO_154641-2/> It is a forest plant, endemic to Puerto Rico, and is found in Cerro Pelucho, San Lorenzo.<ref>Page 239, ''Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: Spermatophyta - Dicotyledoneae. Melastomataceae to Lentibulariaceae'', by Alain H. Liogier and Henri Alain Liogier. Published by La Editorial, UPR, 1995. {{ISBN|0847723372}}/{{ISBN|9780847723379}}</ref><ref name="Liogier Liogier Martorell 2000 p. 162">{{cite book | last=Liogier | first=A.H. | last2=Liogier | first2=H.A. | last3=Martorell | first3=L.F. | title=Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: A Systematic Synopsis | publisher=Ed. de la Universidad | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-8477-0369-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ISlUCW8p5GcC&pg=PA162 | access-date=7 January 2020 | page=162}}</ref>

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variifolia Category:Endemic flora of Puerto Rico Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status