Metaplexis japonica (Korea)

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Metaplexis japonica (Korea)

Metaplexis japonica (Thunb.) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 17(195): 87 87 1903. (Syn: Metaplexis chinensis (Bunge) Decne.; Metaplexis stauntonii R. Br. ex Schult.; Pergularia japonica Thunb.; Urostelma chinense Bunge);

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Metaplexis japonica_RKC01_09082012: Metaplexis japonica (Thunb.) Makino

Apocynaceae

Loc.: Daejeon, S. Korea

Date: July, 2012

Distribution: China, Japan, Korea and adjacent Russia.

What a pretty bush... flowers remind me of milkweeds... is it related ?

They are surely related... as both of them belonged to Asclepiadaceae (Apocynaceae now).

This link is informative:

http://www.aussiegardening.com.au/findplants/plant/Metaplexis_japonica

References:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-2605681

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