''Absolmsia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s of the family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of ...

of two species, native to Southwest of China and

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.Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 262 滑藤 hua teng ''Tylophora oligophylla'' (Tsiang) M. G. Gilbert & W. D. Stevens & P. T. Li, Novon. 5: 14. 1995, synonym ''Absolmsia oligophylla'' Tsiang, Sunyatsenia 6: 121. 1941.
/ref> The genus commemorates

Hermann zu Solms-Laubach Hermann zu Solms-Laubach, more precisely Hermann Maximilian Carl Ludwig Friedrich Graf zu Solms-Laubach (23 December 1842 in Laubach, Grand Duchy of Hesse – 24 November 1915 in Strasbourg) was a German botanist. Life Count Solms-Laubach st ...

Species

* '' Absolmsia oligophylla'' China: Yunnan * '' Absolmsia spartioides'' Borneo

References

Apocynaceae genera Flora of Borneo Flora of Yunnan Asclepiadoideae {{Apocynaceae-stub