Sisyranthus

Sisyranthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Sisyranthus
E.Mey.
Type species
Sisyranthus virgatus
E.Mey.

Sisyranthus is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1838.[1][2] It is native to southern Africa.[3]

Species[4]
  1. Sisyranthus anceps Schltr. - South Africa
  2. Sisyranthus barbatus N.E.Br. - Eastern Cape Province
  3. Sisyranthus compactus N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
  4. Sisyranthus fanninii N.E.Br. - South Africa
  5. Sisyranthus fimbriatus Schltr. - South Africa
  6. Sisyranthus franksiae N.E.Br. - South Africa
  7. Sisyranthus huttoniae S.Moore - South Africa
  8. Sisyranthus imberbis Harv. - South Africa
  9. Sisyranthus macer Schltr. - South Africa
  10. Sisyranthus randii S.Moore - South Africa
  11. Sisyranthus rhodesicus Weim. - Zimbabwe
  12. Sisyranthus rotatus Schltr. - South Africa
  13. Sisyranthus saundersiae N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
  14. Sisyranthus schizoglossoides Schltr. - South Africa
  15. Sisyranthus trichostomus K.Schum. - South Africa
  16. Sisyranthus virgatus E.Mey. - South Africa

References

  1. Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 197 in Latin
  2. Tropicos, genus Sisyranthus
  3. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. The Plant List, genus Sisyranthus
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