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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

455.0000 Family Apocynaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 143 (1789), nom. cons.
372 genera, ca. 6500 spp. According to modern authors and PCR Asclepiadaceae is only a subfamily of Apocynaceae.
Species listed in database: 6627; hybrids: 9
= Asclepiadaceae Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 1: 31 (1797), nom. cons.
= Carissaceae Bertol; Nuevo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 23: 212 (1891)
= Cerberaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 119 (1820)
= Cynanchaceae G.Mey.; Chloris Han.: 245, 251 (1836)
= Ophioxylaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg.: 24 (1835)
= Pacouriaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 447 (1820)
= Periplocaceae Schltr.; K. Schum. & C. A. G. Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 351 (1905), nom. cons.
= Plumeriaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 70 (1834)
= Stapeliaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 70 (1834)
= Vincaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot.: 273, 299 (1818)
= Willughbeaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 256 (1858)
455.4111 Genus Cryptolepis R.Br.; Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 69 (1810)
Distribution: Tropical Old World
Species listed in database: 34
= Acustelma Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 804 (1889)
= Cochlanthus Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 12: 78 (1884)
= Cryptolobus Meisn. ex Steud.; Nom. ed. II. 1: 450 (1840)
= Curroria Planch. ex Benth.; Hook. Niger Fl. 457 (1849)
= Ectadiopsis Benth.; Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. 2: 741 (1876)
= Gymnolaema Benth.; Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 740 (1876), nom. illeg., non. Gymnoleima Decne.
= Lepistoma Blume; Fl. Jáv. Praef. 7 (1828)
= Leposma Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1049 (1826)
= Mangenotia Pichon; Bull. Soc. Bot. France, ci. 246 (1954)
= Mitolepis Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 12: 78 (1884)
= Omphalogonus Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris. 1: 812 (1889), et Hist. des pl. 10: 300 (1889), K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. IV(2): 221 (1895)
= Parquetina Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 806 (1889)
= Socotranthus Kuntze; Post & Kuntze, Lexic. 523 (1903)
species :
Cryptolepis apiculata K.Schum. ex Engl.; Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. (1894) 26 nomen, et in Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C. (1895)320
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cryptolepis sinensis subsp. africana Bullock; Kew Bull. 10(2): 282 (1955)
= Cryptolepis africana (Bullock) Venter & R.L.Verh.; S. African J. Bot. 73(1): 42 (2007)
species :
Cryptolepis arbuscula (Radcl.-Sm.) Venter; Taxon 46: 713 (1997)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Conservation Status: IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Mitolepis arbuscula Radcl.-Sm.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 7(4): t. 3686, p. 1 (1971)
species :
Cryptolepis balansae Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 803 (1889)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
Synonyms: hidden
= Cryptolepis balansae var. calophylla Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 803 (1889)
species :
Cryptolepis buchananii R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 4: 409 (1819), nom. cons.
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan); Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab, Mirpur); Nepal; Bhutan; India (throughout, incl. Jammu & Kashmir); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Myanmar (Bago, Mandalay, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 AND LAO MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Chonemorpha reticulata G.Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 76 (1837)
= Cryptolepis dubia (Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 3A: 221 (2001)
= Cryptolepis reticulata (Roth) Wall. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 450 (1840)
= Echites cuspidatus B.Heyne ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 4: 5 (1883), nom. inval.
= Echites reticulatus Roth; Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 4: 394 (1819)
= Echites reticulatus var. tomentosus Roth; Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 4: 394 (1819)
= Nerium reticulatum Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 19 (1814), Fl. Ind. 2: 8 (1824)
= Periploca dubia Burm.f.; Fl. Indica: 70 (1768), nom. rej.
= Periploca viridiflora Kostel.; Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3: 1082 (1834)
= Trachelospermum cavaleriei H.Lév.; Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, 31 (1914 publ. 1915)
= Trachelospermum gracilipes var. cavaleriei (H.Lév.) C.K.Schneid.; Sarg., Pl. Wilson. 3: 332 (1916)
species :
Cryptolepis calophylla (Baill.) L.Joubert & Bruyns; Taxon 65(3): 498 (2016)
Distribution: Senegal; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SW-Chad; South Sudan; Mozambique
22 BEN BKN GHA IVO LBR NGA SEN SIE 23 BIO CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 CHA SSU 26 MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Omphalogonus calophyllus Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris. 1: 81 (1889)2, et Hist. des pl. 10: 300 (1889), K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. IV(2): 221 (1895)
= Omphalogonus nigritanus N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 279 (1912)
= Parquetina calophylla (Baill.) Venter; S. African J. Bot. 75(3): 558 (2009)
= Periploca calophylla (Baill.) Roberty; Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 15: 1429 (1953), nom. illeg.
species :
Cryptolepis capensis Schltr.; Verh. Bot. Vereins Brandenb. 35: 47 (1893)
Distribution: ?Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
27 SAF SWZ
species :
Cryptolepis cryptolepioides (Schltr.) Bullock; Kew Bull. 281 (1955)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Cryptolepis transvaalensis Schltr.; J. Bot., 315 (1896)
= Ectadiopsis cryptolepioides Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: Beibl. n. 51 10 (1895)
species :
Cryptolepis decidua (Planch. ex Hook.f. & Benth.) N.E.Br.; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: I. 243 (1903)
Distribution: SW-Angola; Namibia; SE-Botswana; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
26 ANG 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Curroria decidua Planch. ex Benth.; Hook. Niger Fl. 457 (1849)
species :
Cryptolepis delagoensis Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 26 (1907)
Distribution: S-Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpulamanga)
26 MOZ 27 SAF
species :
Cryptolepis eburnea (Pichon) Venter; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88(4): 564 (2001)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; ?Congo [Brazzaville]
22 GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SEN SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Mangenotia eburnea Pichon; Bull. Soc. Bot. France, ci. 246 (1954)
species :
Cryptolepis gillettii Hutch. & E.A.Bruce; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 144 (1941)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Curroria decidua subsp. gillettii (Hutch. & E.A.Bruce) Bullock; (1953)
= Cryptolepis decidua var. gillettii (Hutch. & E.A.Bruce) Bullock; Kew Bull. 8: 361 (1953)
species :
Cryptolepis gossweileri S.Moore; J. Bot. 47: 214 (1909)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
Remarks: status doubtful
species :
Cryptolepis grandiflora Wight; Ic. t. 831 (1844-45)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.)
40 IND 41 AND
Synonyms: hidden
= Cryptolepis wightiana Wall.; Numer. List no. 4457 (1832)
= Echites coriaceus B.Heyne ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 4: 6 (1883), nom. inval.
species :
Cryptolepis hypoglauca K.Schum. ex Engl.; Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. (1894) 28 nomen, et in Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C. (1895)320
Distribution: Cameroon; Central African Republic; Kenya; NE-Tanzania; Mozambique
23 CAF CMN 25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ
species :
Cryptolepis ibayana L.Joubert & Venter; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 160: 355 (2009) nom. nov.
Distribution: SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Cryptolepis bifida L.Joubert & Venter; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 157(2): 344 (2008), nom. illeg. later homonym
species :
Cryptolepis intricata (Balf.f.) Venter; Taxon 46: 713 (1997)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Mitolepis intricata Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 12: 78 (1884)
species :
Cryptolepis javanica (Blume) Blume; Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 146 (1850)
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Lepistoma javanicum (Blume) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 29 (1840)
= Leposma javanicum Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1049 (1826)
species :
Cryptolepis laurentii De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 7: 26 (1920)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Remarks: status doubtful
species :
Cryptolepis macrophylla (Radcl.-Sm.) Venter; Taxon 46: 713 (1997)
Distribution: Abd-al-Kuri Isl.; Soqotra
24 SOC
Conservation Status: IUCN I
Synonyms: hidden
= Curroria macrophylla Radcl.-Sm.; Hooker´s Icon Pl. 7(4): t. 3685, p. 1 (1971)
species :
Cryptolepis microphylla Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 804 (1889)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Angola
23 CAF CON ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG
species :
Cryptolepis migiurtina Chiov.; Fl. Somala, 217 (1929)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Curroria migiurtina (Chiov.) Bullock; Kew Bull. 361 (1953)
species :
Cryptolepis newii (Benth.) P.I.Forst.; Austrobaileya 3(2): 281 (1990)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Gymnolaema newii Benth.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 12: t. 1186 (1876)
= Macropelma angustifolium K.Schum.; Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C (1895) 321, et in Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. IV(2): 213 (1895)
= Sacleuxia newii (Benth.) Bullock; Kew Bull. 15: 394 (1961 publ. 1962)
= Sacleuxia salicina Baill.; Hist. des pl. 10: 265 (1890), K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. IV(2): 226 (1895)
species :
Cryptolepis nigrescens (Wennberg) L.Joubert & Bruyns; Taxon 65(3): 498 (2016)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; ?Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Angola
22 BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 CHA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Parquetina gabonica Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 806 (1889)
= Parquetina nigrescens (Wennberg) Bullock; Kew Bull. 15: 205 (1961)
= Periploca afzelii G.Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 163 (1837)
= Periploca gabonica (Baill.) A.Chev.; Rev. Bot. Appliq. 31: 251 (1951)
= Periploca nigrescens Wennberg; Stirp. Guinea med. sp. nov. 1: 2. (1818)
= Periploca nigricans Schltr.; (1900)
= Periploca preussii K.Schum.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 117 (1893)
= Periploca wildemanii A.Chev.; Sudania 1: 188, No. 10879 (1911), nomen, et Etudes Fl. Afr. Centr. Franc. 1: 197 (1913)
species :
Cryptolepis nugaalensis Venter & Thulin; S. African J. Bot. 72(1): 139 (2006)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr.; J. Bot., 315 (1896)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; SW-Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia (incl. Caprivi Strip); Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO NGA SEN TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON GAB RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 KEN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Cryptolepis angolensis Welw. ex Hiern; Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 1: 677 (1898)
= Cryptolepis baumii N.E.Br.; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: I. 247 (1902)
= Cryptolepis baumii Schltr.; Warb. (ed.), Kunene-Sambesi Exped.: 340 (1903), nom. illeg.
= Cryptolepis brazzaei Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 803 (1889), N. E. Br. in Fl. Trop. Afr., ed. Dyer 4: 1. 248 (1902)
= Cryptolepis buxifolia Chiov.; Racc. Bot. Miss. Consol. Kenya, 80 (1935)
= Cryptolepis debeerstii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo, ser. V. 1: 180 (1904)
= Cryptolepis elliotii Schltr.; J. Bot. 33: 300 (1895)
= Cryptolepis hensii N.E.Br.; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: I. 246 (1903)
= Cryptolepis linearis N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 408 (1908)
= Cryptolepis longiflora Van Houtte ex Bosse; Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2, 5: 126 (1854)
= Cryptolepis myrtifolia (Baill.) Hiern; Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 1: 677 (1898)
= Cryptolepis nigritana (Benth.) N.E.Br.; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 251 (1902)
= Cryptolepis producta N.E.Br.; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: I. 247 (1903)
= Cryptolepis ruspolii Chiov.; Fl. Somala, 219 (1929)
= Cryptolepis scandens (K.Schum.) Schltr.
= Cryptolepis sizenandii Rolfe; Bolet. Soc. Brot. 11: 86 (1893)
= Cryptolepis suffruticosa (K.Schum.) N.E.Br.; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: I. 251 (1903)
= Cryptolepis welwitschii (Baill.) Schltr.; J. Bot. 33: 301 (1895)
= Cryptolepis welwitschii var. luteola Hiern; Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 677 (1898)
= Ectadiopsis acutifolia (Sond.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks.; Index Kew. 1: 822 (1893)
= Ectadiopsis buettneri K.Schum.; Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam 4: 2. 219 (1895)
= Ectadiopsis lanceolata Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 803 (1889)
= Ectadiopsis myrtifolia Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 803 (1889)
= Ectadiopsis nigritana Benth.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 12: t. 1187 (1876)
= Ectadiopsis nigritiana Schum.; Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. IV(2): 219 (1895)
= Ectadiopsis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Benth.; Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. 2: 741 (1876) ex Schltr., Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 20: Beibl. 51, 10 (1895)
= Ectadiopsis producta (N.E.Br.) Bullock; Kew Bull. 278 (1955)
= Ectadiopsis scandens K.Schum.; Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. IV(2): 219 (1895)
= Ectadiopsis suffruticosa K.Schum.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 453 (1900)
= Ectadiopsis welwitschii Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris. 2: 803 (1889)
= Ectadium oblongifolium Meisn.; Hook. Lond. J. Bot. 2: 542 (1843)
= Secamone acutifolia Sond.; Linnaea 23: 76 (1850)
species :
Cryptolepis obtusa N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 110 (1895)
Distribution: Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Cryptolepis obtusa K.Schum.; Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 320 (1895), nom. illeg.
species :
Cryptolepis orbicularis Chiov.; Fl. Somala, II. 291 (1932)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schltr.; Westafr. Kautsch. Exped. 1899-1900, 308 (1900)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Nigeria; Cameroon; Cabinda; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CAB CMN ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Cryptolepis barteri K.Schum.; Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 3: 2. (1895) 219 nomen.
= Cryptolepis triangularis N.E.Br.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 92 (1894)
= Pergularia sanguinolenta Lindl.; Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2532 (1824)
= Strophanthus radcliffei S.Moore; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 180 (1905)
species :
Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci. 15: 254 (1920)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan); Taiwan; Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Myanmar (Taninthayi); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; ?Philippines
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND 41 AND CBD LAO MYA VIE 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Aganosma edithae Hance; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 5: 227 (1866)
= Apocynum orixense Rottler ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 4: 6 (1883), nom. inval.
= Cryptolepis edithae (Hance) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 23: 352 (1877)
= Cryptolepis elegans var. ciliata Pierre ex Costantin; Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 4: 24 (1912)
= Cryptolepis elegans Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 82 (1837), descr.
= Cryptolepis laxiflora Blume; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 147 (1850)
= Cryptolepis pauciflora Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.: t. 493 (1841)
= Cryptolepis sinensis var. ciliata (Costantin) P.H.Hô; Cayco Vietnam 2(2): 915 (1993), without full basionym ref.
= Echites pauciflorus Rottler ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 4: 6 (1883), nom. inval.
= Emericia sinensis (Lour.) Roem. & Schult.; Syst. 4: 402 (1819)
= Helicandra sinensis (Lour.) Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beech. Voy. 198 (1833)
= Nerium pauciflorum Roxb. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 6 (1883)
= Pergularia sinensis Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 1: 169 (1790)
= Periploca chinensis Spreng.; Syst. Veg. 1: 836 (1825 publ. 1824)
= Periploca sinensis (Lour.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 1: 552 (1841)
= Streptocaulon chinense (Spreng.) G.Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 162 (1837)
= Strophanthus divaricatus Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 85 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Vallaris sinensis (Lour.) G.Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 79 (1837)
species :
Cryptolepis socotrana (Balf.f.) Venter; Taxon 46: 713 (1997)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Socotranthus socotranus (Balf.f.) Bullock; Kew Bull. 19: 203 (1965)
= Cochlanthus socotranus Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 12: 79 (1884)
species :
Cryptolepis somaliensis Venter & Thulin; S. African J. Bot. 72(1): 141 (2006)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Cryptolepis stefanianii Chiov.; Fl. Somala, 218 (1929)
Distribution: Djibouti; Somalia
24 DJI SOM
species :
Cryptolepis volubilis (Balf.f.) O.Schwartz; Mitt. Inst. Allgem. Bot. Hamburg 10: 187 (1939)
Distribution: Soqotra; Yemen (SE-Yemen: coastal Hadhramaut)
24 SOC 35 YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Curroria decidua var. volubilis (Balf.f.) Bullock
= Ectadiopsis volubilis Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 12: 78 (1884)
= Ectadiopsis brevifolia Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 12: 78 (1884)
species :
Cryptolepis yemenensis Venter & R.L.Verh.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 131(4): 420 (1999)
Distribution: Yemen (S-Yemen)
35 YEM
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