Anisopus (plant)

Anisopus
Araujia sericifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Anisopus
N.E.Br.

Anisopus is a small genus of plants in the dogbane family first described as a genus in 1895.[1] The group is endemic to tropical Africa.[2]

Species[3]
  1. Anisopus bicoronata (K. Schum.) N.E. Br.
  2. Anisopus efulensis (N.E.Br.) Goyder
  3. Anisopus mannii N.E.Br.
  4. Anisopus rostrifera (N.E. Br.) Bullock

References

  1. Brown, Nicholas Edward. 1895. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1895: 259.
  2. Tropicos
  3. The Plant List, genus Anisopus
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