# 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

As of November 2023, 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