- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30027037-2
- Publication
- Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis ... (DC.)
- Collation
- 8: 526 (-527)
- Date of Publication
- mid-Mar 1844
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Asclepiadaceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- Designated type: O. congesta (Vell.) Decne. (Cynanchum congestum Vell.)
- Chosen By
- Bullock Kew Bull. 13(1): 98. 1958
Remarks
Eponymy: Greek Orthosie, goddess of prosperity and one of the Horae, daughters of Zeus and Themis
Links
- Same citation as
- Orthosia Decne., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 8: 526 (1844).