Name:		Metalepis Grisebach, Catal. Pl. Cub. (1866) page 179 [basionym]
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Asclepiadaceae R. Br. [Family] Gentianales [Order] Magnoliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Metalepis cubensis (A. Rich.) Griseb.
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]