Cryptolepis (plant)

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. 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.

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

Selected species[]

• (Bullock) Venter & R.L.Verh.
• Jum. & H.Perrier
• Welw. ex Hiern
• K.Schum.
• (Radcl.-Sm.) Venter
• N.E.Br.
• Baill.
• Chiov.
• Schltr.
• Cryptolepis cryptolepioides (Schltr.) Bullock
• Cryptolepis dubia (Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida
• Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr.
• Chiov.
• Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schltr.
• Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr.
• Rolfe
• (Balf.f.) Venter
• Venter & Thulin
• Chiov.
• N.E.Br.
• (Balf.f.) O.Schwartz
• Hiern
• 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[]

• 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)

External links[]

Media related to Cryptolepis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cryptolepis at Wikispecies

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