Microloma tenuifolium

Microloma tenuifolium

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Astephaninae
Genus: Microloma
Species Microloma tenuifolium

Name

Microloma tenuifolium (L.) Kuntze, 1886

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Periploca tenuifolia L., Sp. Pl.: 212 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Ceropegia tenuifolia (L.) L., Mant. Pl. 2: 346 (1771).
  • Asclepias pseudosarsa Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 2: 39 (1832), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Ceropegia tenuiflora Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 1276 (1798), orth. var.
  • Microloma lineare R.Br., Asclepiadeae: 42 (1810).
  • Ceropegia sinuata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 179 (1811).
  • Microloma tenuiflorum Kuntze, Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 4: 268 (1886), orth. var.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa South Africa (W-Cape Prov.) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Kuntze, C.E.O. 1886. Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 4: 268

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Microloma tenuifolium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 30. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Microloma tenuifolium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Microloma tenuifolium. Published online. Accessed: Sep 30 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Microloma tenuifolium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 30.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Microloma tenuifolium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Sep 2018.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: bokhorinkies, heuningblommetjie, kannetjies, melkblommetjie, skilpadkos
English: coral creeper, wax creeper

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