Riparoampelos

Riparoampelos amazonicus is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is the sole species in genus Riparoampelos. It is a climber native the Amazon Rainforest of southeastern Colombia, Amazonas state of southern Venezuela, eastern Peru, and northwestern Brazil.^[1]

Riparoampelos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Tribe:	Asclepiadeae
Subtribe:	Gonolobinae
Genus:	Riparoampelos Morillo (2015)
Species:	R. amazonicus
Binomial name
Riparoampelos amazonicus (Morillo) Morillo (2015)
Synonyms[1]
Matelea amazonica Morillo (1977)

The species was first described as Matelea amazonica by Gilberto N. Morillo in 1977. In 2015 Morillo renamed it Riparoampelos amazonicus, placing it in its own monotypic genus.^[1]