''Dictyanthus'' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

in 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 the ...

, first described as a genus in 1844.Tropicos, genus ''Dictyanthus''
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.Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa ;SpeciesThe Plant List, genus ''Dictyanthus''
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Matelea ''Matelea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines. Some people consider '' Chthamalia'' to be a synonym to or a subgenus of ''Matelea''. Selected species ...

'' *''Dictyanthus reticulatus'' (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl., synonym of '' Matelea reticulata'' (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Woodson

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5805683 Apocynaceae genera Asclepiadoideae