Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Metastelma > Metastelma barbigerum

Metastelma barbigerum (Bearded swallow-wort)

Synonyms: Cymanchum barbigerum; Cynanchum barbigerum (homotypic)

Infraspecies

Metastelma barbigerum var. barbigerum
Metastelma barbigerum var. breviflorum
Metastelma barbigerum var. liesnerianum
Metastelma barbigerum var. veracruzense

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub

Predators

Erinnyis obscura (Obscure Sphinx)[3]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0