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.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

• Matelea abbreviata Standl. & L.O.Williams

• Matelea acevedoi Morillo

• Matelea acuminata (Griseb.) Woodson

• Matelea adenocardia (Standl.) Woodson

• Matelea alabamensis (Vail) Woodson

• Matelea alainii Woodson

• Matelea altamirana Morillo

• Matelea ampiyacuensis Morillo

• Matelea andina (Malme) Morillo

• Matelea angustifolia (Griseb.) Greuter & Liede

• Matelea angustiloba (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) W.D.Stevens

• Matelea annulata Alain

• Matelea araneosa (Donn.Sm.) Woodson

• Matelea asplundii (Malme) Morillo

• Matelea atrocoronata (Brandegee) Woodson

• Matelea atrolingua Morillo, I.L.Morais & Farinaccio

• Matelea atrostellata Rintz

• Matelea attenuata (Rusby) Morillo

• Matelea bahiensis Morillo & Fontella

• Matelea baldwyniana (Sweet) Woodson

• Matelea barrosiana Fontella

• Matelea belizensis (Lundell & Standl.) Woodson

• Matelea bicolor (Britton & P.Wilson) Woodson

• Matelea bolivarensis Morillo

• Matelea boliviana Morillo

• Matelea brevicoronata (B.L.Rob.) Woodson

• Matelea brevistipitata Krings & Morillo

• Matelea calcicola (Greenm.) Woodson

• Matelea callejasii Morillo

• Matelea camiloana Morillo

• Matelea campechiana (Standl.) Woodson

• Matelea camporum (Brandegee) Woodson

• Matelea capillacea (E.Fourn.) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz

• Matelea cardozoi Morillo

• Matelea carmenaemiliae Morillo

• Matelea carnevaliana Morillo

• Matelea carolinensis (Jacq.) Woodson

• Matelea castanea (Brandegee) Woodson

• Matelea cayennensis Morillo

• Matelea cervantesii Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado

• Matelea chihuahuensis (A.Gray) Woodson

• Matelea chimboracensis Morillo

• Matelea chrysantha (Greenm.) Woodson

• Matelea congesta (Decne.) Woodson

• Matelea constanzana J.Jiménez Alm.

• Matelea coriacea Morillo

• Matelea cornejoi Morillo

• Matelea corniculata W.D.Stevens & Arbeláez

• Matelea correllii Spellman

• Matelea corrugata W.D.Stevens

• Matelea corynephora Krings

• Matelea costaricensis W.D.Stevens

• Matelea costata (Urb.) Morillo

• Matelea crassifolia Woodson

• Matelea cremersii Morillo

• Matelea crenata (Vail) Woodson

• Matelea crispiflora (Urb.) J.Jiménez Alm.

• Matelea cuatrecasasii Morillo

• Matelea cynanchoides (Engelm. & A.Gray) Woodson

• Matelea decipiens (Alexander) Woodson

• Matelea delascioi Morillo

• Matelea dictyopetala (Urb. & Ekman) Krings

• Matelea diversifolia (E.Fourn.) Morillo & Fontella

• Matelea domingensis (Alain) Krings

• Matelea dusenii Morillo

• Matelea dwyeri Morillo

• Matelea ecuadorensis (Schltr.) Morillo

• Matelea edwardsensis Correll

• Matelea ekmanii (Urb.) Woodson

• Matelea elachyantha W.D.Stevens

• Matelea emmartinezii W.D.Stevens

• Matelea falcata Juárez-Jaimes, G.M.Hern.-Barón & W.D.Stevens

• Matelea fendleri Morillo

• Matelea ferruginea W.D.Stevens

• Matelea filipes W.D.Stevens & Monterrosa

• Matelea flavidula (Chapm.) Woodson

• Matelea floridana (Vail) Woodson

• Matelea fontellana Morillo

• Matelea forerana Morillo

• Matelea fournieri Morillo

• Matelea fruticosa (Brandegee) Woodson

• Matelea funkiana Morillo

• Matelea furvescens W.D.Stevens

• Matelea geminiflora (Decne.) Fontella

• Matelea gentlei (Lundell & Standl.) Woodson

• Matelea gilbertoana Krings

• Matelea glandulosa (Poepp. ex Decne.) Morillo

• Matelea gonoloboides (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Woodson

• Matelea graciliflora Krings & Morillo

• Matelea gracilis (Decne.) W.D.Stevens

• Matelea greenmanii Shinners

• Matelea greggii (Vail) Woodson

• Matelea grenandii Morillo

• Matelea grisebachiana (Schltr.) Alain

• Matelea guatemalensis (K.Schum.) Woodson

• Matelea haberi W.D.Stevens

• Matelea haitiensis (P.T.Li) Krings

• Matelea harlingii Morillo

• Matelea hastata Alain

• Matelea hastulata (A.Gray) Sundell

• Matelea hatschbachii (Fontella & C.Valente) Morillo

• Matelea herbacea Woodson

• Matelea hildegardiana Morillo

• Matelea hirtelliflora McDonnell & Fishbein

• Matelea holstii Morillo & Carnevali

• Matelea honorana Morillo

• Matelea inconspicua (Brandegee) Woodson

• Matelea inops Woodson

• Matelea insolita W.D.Stevens

• Matelea ionantha Woodson

• Matelea jansen-jacobsiae Morillo

• Matelea jaramilloi Morillo

• Matelea jenmanii (Morillo) Morillo

• Matelea johnstonii Shinners

• Matelea kirkbridei Morillo

• Matelea klugii Morillo

• Matelea lanata (Zucc.) Woodson

• Matelea lanceolata (Decne.) Woodson

• Matelea lehmannii (Schltr.) Morillo

• Matelea lesueurii (Standl.) Woodson

• Matelea leucodermis (Rusby) Morillo

• Matelea lhotzkyana (E.Fourn.) Fontella

• Matelea liesneri Morillo

• Matelea ligustrina (Decne.) Morillo

• Matelea linearipetala Alain

• Matelea magallanesii E.J.Lott

• Matelea marcoassisii Fontella

• Matelea matezkii Morillo

• Matelea matogrossensis Fontella

• Matelea medusae Woodson

• Matelea meyeri Woodson

• Matelea micrantha L.O.Williams

• Matelea microphylla Morillo

• Matelea molinarum L.O.Williams

• Matelea monticola Alain

• Matelea mutisiana Morillo

• Matelea neblinae Morillo

• Matelea neei Morillo

• Matelea nielsenii Morillo

• Matelea nigrescens (Schltdl.) Woodson

• Matelea nipensis (Urb.) Woodson

• Matelea oaxacana (Standl.) W.D.Stevens

• Matelea obliqua (Jacq.) Woodson

• Matelea ocellata W.D.Stevens

• Matelea ochracea Morillo

• Matelea oldemanii Morillo

• Matelea orthoneura Morillo

• Matelea orthosioides (E.Fourn.) Fontella

• Matelea pakaraimensis Krings

• Matelea palustris Aubl.

• Matelea panamensis Spellman & Dwyer

• Matelea parvifolia (Torr.) Woodson

• Matelea pastazana Morillo

• Matelea patalensis (Donn.Sm.) Woodson

• Matelea pauciflora (Spreng.) Woodson

• Matelea pedalis (E.Fourn.) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz

• Matelea pedicellata (Malme) Morillo

• Matelea pentactina Krings

• Matelea petiolaris (A.Gray) Woodson

• Matelea phainops Krings

• Matelea picturata (Hemsl.) Woodson

• Matelea pilosa (Benth.) Woodson

• Matelea pinguifolia (Standl.) Woodson

• Matelea porphyrantha (Standl.) Woodson

• Matelea porphyrocephala Morillo

• Matelea pringlei (A.Gray) Woodson

• Matelea proctorii Krings

• Matelea prosthecidiscus Woodson

• Matelea pseudobarbata (Pittier) Woodson

• Matelea pubescens (Griseb.) Krings

• Matelea pueblensis (Brandegee) Woodson

• Matelea punensis Morillo

• Matelea purpureolineata Woodson

• Matelea purpusii (Brandegee) Woodson

• Matelea pusilliflora L.O.Williams

• Matelea pyrrhotricha (Decne.) Fontella

• Matelea quercetorum (Standl.) W.D.Stevens

• Matelea quindecimlobata Farinaccio & W.D.Stevens

• Matelea radiata Correll

• Matelea refracta (E.Fourn.) Morillo

• Matelea reitzii Fontella

• Matelea reticulata (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Woodson

• Matelea rhamnifolia (Griseb.) Krings

• Matelea rhynchocephala Krings

• Matelea rivularis Woodson

• Matelea rogersii Woodson

• Matelea romeroi Morillo

• Matelea sagittifolia (A.Gray) Woodson ex Shinners

• Matelea sanojana Krings & Morillo

• Matelea sastrei Morillo

• Matelea schultesii Morillo & Carnevali

• Matelea schunkei Morillo

• Matelea serpens Woodson

• Matelea sintenisii (Schltr.) Woodson

• Matelea sprucei Morillo

• Matelea squiresii (Rusby) Morillo

• Matelea stenopetala Sandwith

• Matelea stenosepala Lundell

• Matelea stergiosii Morillo

• Matelea suareziae Morillo

• Matelea suberifera (B.L.Rob.) W.D.Stevens

• Matelea subsessilifolia Morillo

• Matelea sucrensis Morillo

• Matelea sugillata W.D.Stevens

• Matelea sylvicola L.O.Williams

• Matelea tamnifolia (Griseb.) Woodson

• Matelea tarrazuana J.E.Jiménez & Hidalgo-Mora

• Matelea tenuis Woodson

• Matelea texensis Correll

• Matelea tezcatlipocantha E.B.Cortez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado

• Matelea tigrina (Griseb.) Woodson

• Matelea tinctoria Woodson

• Matelea tlilxochitli E.B.Cortez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado

• Matelea torulosa Krings

• Matelea trichopedicellata Krings & Morillo

• Matelea tristiflora (Standl.) Woodson

• Matelea tuerckheimii (Donn.Sm.) Woodson

• Matelea umbellata (Brandegee) Woodson

• Matelea urophylla L.O.Williams

• Matelea vailiana Woodson

• Matelea vargasii Morillo

• Matelea variifolia (Schltr.) Woodson

• Matelea vaupesana Morillo

• Matelea velutina (Schltdl.) Woodson

• Matelea velutinoides W.D.Stevens

• Matelea violacea Woodson

• Matelea virginiae Morillo

• Matelea weberbaueri Morillo

• Matelea woodsonii Shinners

• Matelea wootonii (Vail) Woodson

• Matelea woytkowskii Morillo

Formerly placed here

• Matelea alicieae = Peruviasclepias aliciae

• Matelea amazonica = Riparoampelos amazonicus

• Matelea arizonica (A.Gray) Shinners = Gonolobus arizonicus

• Matelea borinquensis Alain = Matelea variifolia

• Matelea cyclophylla = Suberogerens cyclophylla

• Matelea fimbriatiflora Morillo = Gonolobus fimbriatiflorus

• Matelea fulvida and Matelea grandiflora = Rotundanthus fulvidus

• Matelea gonocarpos (Walter) Shinners = Gonolobus suberosus

• Matelea gracieae = Graciemoriana gracieae

• Matelea yanomamica = Orinoquia yanomamica

References

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment