Cryptolepis (plant)

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

Milk ropes
Cryptolepis dubia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Periplocoideae
Genus: Cryptolepis
R.Br., On Asclepiad. 58. 3 Apr 1810.
Type species
Cryptolepis buchananii
R.Br. ex 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.

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
  1. "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)

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