Cryptolepis (plant)

For other uses, see Cryptolepis.

Milk ropes

Cryptolepis dubia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Periplocoideae,
Tribe:	Cryptolepideae
Genus:	Cryptolepis R.Br., On Asclepiad. 58. 3 Apr 1810.
Type species
C. buchananii Roem. & Schult.
Species
See text
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 (possible synonym) Baill., Hist. Pl. 10: 265. Jul-Aug 1890. Socotranthus Kuntze in Post et O. Kuntze, Lex. 523. Dec 1903. Stomatostemma (possible synonym) N.E.Br. in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Africa 4(1): 252. Dec 1902.

Cryptolepis is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae. It includes some 42 species.^[1]

Selected species

Cryptolepis africana (Bullock) Venter & R.L.Verh.
Cryptolepis albicans Jum. & H.Perrier
Cryptolepis angolensis Welw. ex Hiern
Cryptolepis apiculata K.Schum.
Cryptolepis arbuscula (Radcl.-Sm.) Venter
Cryptolepis baumii N.E.Br.
Cryptolepis brazzaei Baill.
Cryptolepis buchanani
Cryptolepis buxifolia Chiov.
Cryptolepis capensis Schltr.
Cryptolepis cryptolepioides (Schltr.) Bullock
Cryptolepis dubia (Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida
Cryptolepis hypoglauca
Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr.
Cryptolepis obtusa
Cryptolepis ruspolii Chiov.
Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schltr.
Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr.
Cryptolepis sizenandii Rolfe
Cryptolepis socotrana (Balf.f.) Venter
Cryptolepis somaliensis Venter & Thulin
Cryptolepis stefianinii Chiov.
Cryptolepis suffruticosa N.E.Br.
Cryptolepis triangularis
Cryptolepis volubilis (Balf.f.) O.Schwartz
Cryptolepis welwitschii Hiern
Cryptolepis yemenensis Venter & R.L.Verh.

Excluded or synonymous taxa

C. buchananii, a synonym for C. dubia (Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida
C. elegans, a synonym for C. sinensis (Lour.) Merr.
C. edithae, a synonym for C. sinensis (Lour.) Merr.

References

↑ "Cryptolepis". The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

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, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. [3] (25 August 2009)

External links

Media related to Cryptolepis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cryptolepis at Wikispecies

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, March 10, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.