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

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

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

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This link is informative:

  

 

 

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