Cryptolepis oblongifolia

Species of plant

Cryptolepis oblongifolia
Foliage and fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Cryptolepis
Species:
C. oblongifolia
Binomial name
Cryptolepis oblongifolia
(Meisn.) Schltr.
Synonyms
  • Cryptolepis nigritana (Benth.) N.E.Br.[1]
  • Ectadiopsis acutifolia Benth.
  • Ectadiopsis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr.[2]
  • Ectadium oblongifolium Meisn.

Cryptolepis oblongifolia, the red-stemmed milk rope, is a multi-stemmed shrub in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to moist and mesic regions of southern Africa, where it occurs in rocky grassland, grassy woodland or riverine vegetation.[3] It is found from South Africa[4] to Zambia.[3] It grows about 1m tall, and carries widely spaced, opposite leaves on the reddish-brown stems. The yellow to reddish-yellow flowers appear in axillary clusters.

References

  1. ^ "Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr". The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr". African Plant Database. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & SANBI. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b Bingham, Mike; et al. "Cryptolepis oblongifolia Schltr". Flora of Zambia. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr". Red List of South African Plants. SANBI. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

External links

Media related to Cryptolepis oblongifolia at Wikimedia Commons

  • Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Cryptolepis oblongifolia". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
Taxon identifiers
Cryptolepis oblongifolia
  • Wikidata: Q15398620
  • Wikispecies: Cryptolepis oblongifolia
  • APDB: 74902
  • CoL: ZXYV
  • EoL: 5336345
  • GBIF: 7522717
  • iNaturalist: 507061
  • IPNI: 95943-1
  • NCBI: 141480
  • Open Tree of Life: 178876
  • Plant List: kew-2746397
  • POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95943-1
  • SANBI: 2725-5
  • Tropicos: 2606221
  • WFO: wfo-0000628372
Ectadium oblongifolium


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