Anisotoma
Anisotoma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
Genus: | Anisotoma Fenzl |
Type species | |
Anisotoma cordifolia |
Anisotoma is a genus of flowering plants formerly belonging to the plant family Asclepiadaceae, now considered to be part of the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.[1][2] They are native to South Africa[3]
- Species[4]
- Fenzl - South Africa
- N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
- formerly included, transferred to Brachystelma[4]
Anisotoma arnottii (Baker) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. synonym of Baker
References[]
- ^ Fenzl, Eduard. 1844. Linnaea 17: 330-331 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, genus Anisotoma
- ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
- ^ a b The Plant List, genus Anisotoma
Categories:
- Apocynaceae genera
- Endemic flora of South Africa
- Asclepiadoideae
- Taxa named by Eduard Fenzl