Chlorocyathus

Chlorocyathus is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1887.[1][2] It is native to southern Africa.[3]

Species[4]
  1. Chlorocyathus lobulata (Venter & R.L.Verh.) Venter - Bathurst District in Cape Province of South Africa
  2. Chlorocyathus monteiroae Oliv. - Maputo Bay (formerly Delagoa Bay) in southern Mozambique
formerly included

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

Type species
Chlorocyathus monteiroae

moved to Raphionacme

  • Chlorocyathus welwitschii (Schltr. & Rendle) Bullock, synonym of Raphionacme welwitschii Schltr. & Rendle

References
  1. Oliver, Daniel. 1887. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 16: t. 1557 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English, with line drawing as illustration.
  2. Tropicos, genus Chlorocyathus
  3. Venter, Hendrik Johannes Tjaart. 2008. South African Journal of Botany 74: 289.
  4. The Plant List, genus Chlorocyathus
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