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.

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 Morillo = Peruviasclepias aliciae (Morillo) Morillo
 * Matelea amazonica Morillo = Riparoampelos amazonicus (Morillo) Morillo
 * Matelea arizonica (A.Gray) Shinners = Gonolobus arizonicus
 * Matelea borinquensis Alain = Matelea variifolia
 * Matelea cyclophylla (Standl.) Woodson = Suberogerens cyclophylla (Standl.) Morillo
 * Matelea fimbriatiflora Morillo = Gonolobus fimbriatiflorus
 * Matelea fulvida (F.Ballard) W.D.Stevens and Matelea grandiflora Standl. = Rotundanthus fulvidus (F.Ballard) Morillo
 * Matelea gonocarpos (Walter) Shinners = Gonolobus suberosus
 * Matelea gracieae Morillo = Graciemoriana gracieae (Morillo) Morillo
 * Matelea yanomamica Morillo = Orinoquia yanomamica (Morillo) Morillo