Pi. Forster, NEW NAMES AND COMBINATIONS IN MARSDENIA (ASCLEPIADACEAE, MARSDENIEAE)FROM ASIA AND MALESIA (EXCLUDING PAPUASIA), Australian systematic botany, 8(5), 1995, pp. 691-701
Nomenclatural notes are provided for 13 species of Marsdenia R.Br. inc
luding a number of taxa formerly included in Gymnema R.Br., Bidaria (E
ndl.) Decne. and Jasminanthes Blume. New names provided in Marsdenia a
re M. jasminoides P.I.Forst. (Jasminanthes suaveolens Blume), M. ridle
yi P.I.Forst. (Stephanotis parviflora Ridley) and M. vajanicum P.I.For
st. (Gymnema javanicum Blume). New combinations made in Marsdenia are
M. chinensis (Champ.) P.I.Forst. (Stephanotis chinensis Champ.), M. ch
unii (Tsiang) P.I.Forst. (Stephanotis chunii Tsiang), M. dissitiflora
(Ridley) P.I.Forst. (Gymnema dissitiflorum Ridley), M. hirta (Ridley)
P.I.Forst. (Gymnema hirtum Ridley), M, littoralis (Blume) P.I.Forst. (
Gymnema littorale Blume), M. maingayi (Hook.f.) P.I.Forst. (Stephanoti
s maingayi Hook.f.), M. pachyglossa (Schltr.) P.I.Forst. (Gymnema pach
yglossa Schltr.), M. pilosa (Kerr) P.I.Forst. (Stephanotis pilosa Ken)
, M. sylvestris (Retz.) P.I.Forst. (Periploca sylvestre Retz.) and M.
tingens (Roxb.) P.I.Forst. (Asclepias tingens Roxb.). A lectotype is s
elected for Stephanotis parviflora. Detailed descriptions are provided
for Marsdenia tingens, M. littoralis, M. tinctoria and M. jasminoides
.