Pseudolithos

Pseudolithos cubiformis

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: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Pseudolithos
Species: P. caput-viperae – P. cubiformis – P. dodsonianus – P. gigas – P. harardheranus – P. horwoodii – P. mccoyi – P. migiurtinus

Name

Pseudolithos P.R.O.Bally, Candollea 20: 41. 1965.

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Lithocaulon P.R.O.Bally, Candollea 17: 55. 1959, non Meneghini (1857), fossil name.
• Heterotypic
  • Anomalluma Plowes, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 65: 167. 1993.

References

• Bally, P.R.O. 1965. Miscellaneous notes on the flora of Tropical East Africa, including descriptions of new taxa, 23–28. Candollea 20: 13–41. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pseudolithos in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct. 07. Reference page.  Accepted
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pseudolithos. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct. 07. Reference page.  as a synonym of Ceropegia s.l.
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Pseudolithos. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 07 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Pseudolithos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Oct. 2018.

Vernacular names

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