Cryptolepis

Cryptolepis buchananii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Periplocoideae
Genus: Cryptolepis
Species: C. buchananii – C. decidua – C. dubia – C. sanguinolenta – C. sinensis

Name

Cryptolepis R.Br., On Asclepiad. 58. 3 Apr 1810.

Type species: C. buchananii Roem. & Schult.

Synonyms

• Cochlanthus Balf.f., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 78. 1883.
• Curroria Planch. ex Benth.
• Ectadiopsis Benth., in Bentham et J. D. Hooker, Gen. 2: 741. Mai 1876.
• Lepistoma Blume, Fl. Javae (Praef.) vii. 5 Aug 1828.
• Leposma Blume, Bijdr. 1049. Oct 1826-Nov 1827.
• Mangenotia Pichon, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 101: 246. post 25 Jun 1954.
• Mitolepis Balf.f., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 78. 1883.
• Sacleuxia* Baill., Hist. Pl. 10: 265. Jul-Aug 1890.
• Socotranthus Kuntze in Post et O. Kuntze, Lex. 523. Dec 1903.
• Stomatostemma* N.E.Br. in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Africa 4(1): 252. Dec 1902.

(*) possible synonyms.

Excluded or synonymous taxa

C. elegans – C. edithae

References

• Farr, E. R. and Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Aug 24 [1].

• Flora of China (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Aug 21 [2].

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cryptolepis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 25 August 2009.

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