Cryptolepis articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Description

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Shrubs or lianes. Leaves opposite. Flowers in axillary or terminal cymes, rarely ± solitary. Corolla lobed to more than halfway but with a distinct campanulate tube. Corona consisting of 5 fleshy lobes, inserted at about the middle of the corolla tube, above the base of the stamens. Follicles smooth. Seeds linear or oblong, concave and with a single rib on each face, with an apical tuft of hairs.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cryptolepis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1126
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Cryptolepis (plant)

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

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

^ "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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Cryptolepis (plant): Brief Summary

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

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