Tweedia


Tweedia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1835. The genus is native to South America. An ornamental plant, Oxypetalum coeruleum, formerly included in this genus is commonly referred to as "tweedia".

Species

Current species include:
  1. Tweedia andina G.H.Rua – Chile
  2. Tweedia aucaensis G.H. Rua – Argentina
  3. Tweedia australis C. Ezcurra – Argentina
  4. Tweedia birostrata Hook. & Arn. – Chile
  5. Tweedia brunonis Hook. & Arn. – Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
  6. Tweedia echegarayi Malme – Argentina
  7. Tweedia solanoides Chittenden – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
formerly included:
  1. Tweedia coerulea, syn of Oxypetalum coeruleum
  2. Tweedia floribunda, syn of Oxypetalum solanoides
  3. Tweedia macrolepis, syn of Oxypetalum macrolepis
  4. Tweedia versicolor, syn of ''Oxypetalum coeruleum''