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

Excluded or synonymous taxa

References

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

External links

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

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