Prionostemma aspera

Prionostemma aspera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Prionostemma
Miers
Species:
P. aspera
Binomial name
Prionostemma aspera
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy
  • Hippocratea acuminata Hoffmanns. ex Link
  • Hippocratea aspera Lam. (1791) (basionym)
  • Hippocratea foliosa Rusby
  • Hippocratea grandiflora Payer
  • Hippocratea malpighiifolia Rudge
  • Hippocratea scandens Griseb.
  • Hippocratea schomburgkii Klotzsch ex Peyr.
  • Hippocratea scutellata Griseb.
  • Hippocratea vahliana Peyr.
  • Prionostemma malpighiifolia (Rudge) Miers
  • Prionostemma scabridula Miers
  • Romualdea malpighifolia Triana & Planch.
  • Romualdea wrightiana Triana & Planch.
  • Salacia catalinensis Rusby
  • Salacia radula (Spreng.) G.Don
  • Salacia vahliana Cambess.
  • Tonsella malpighifolia (Rudge) G.Mey.
  • Tonsella radula Spreng.
  • Tontelea malpighiifolia (Rudge) G.Mey.

Prionostemma aspera is species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, and the sole species in genus Prionstemma. It is a scrambling shrub or tree native to the tropical Americas, native from Nayarit in western Mexico to Honduras, and from Costa Rica through northern South America to Bolivia and Northeastern Brazil.[2] It grows in lowland tropical moist forests.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). (2020). "Prionostemma aspera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T179310127A179310129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T179310127A179310129.en. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Prionostemma aspera (Lam.) Miers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
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