Sphaerocodon

Sphaerocodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Sphaerocodon
Benth.

Sphaerocodon is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1876.[1][2] It is native to southern Africa.[3][4]

Species[5]
  1. Sphaerocodon acutifolium K.Schum. - Namibia
  2. Sphaerocodon angolensis S.Moore - Angola
  3. Sphaerocodon caffrum (Meisn.) Schltr. - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
  4. Sphaerocodon melananthum (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. - Zimbabwe
  5. Sphaerocodon natalense Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal
  6. Sphaerocodon obtusifolium Benth. - South Africa
  7. Sphaerocodon platypodum K.Schum. - Katanga in southern Zaire
formerly included[5]

moved to Tylophora


References

  1. Bentham, George. 1876. Genera Plantarum 2: 772 in Latin
  2. Tropicos, genus Sphaerocodon
  3. De Wildeman, E. A. J. 1903. Etudes sur la Flore du Katanga Ann. Mus. Congo, Ser. 1, Bot., ser. 4.
  4. 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).
  5. 1 2 The Plant List, genus Sphaerocodon
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