Sphaerocodon

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Sphaerocodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Genus:
Sphaerocodon

Benth.

Sphaerocodon is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1876.[1][2] It is native to southern Africa.[3][4]

Species[5]
  1. K.Schum. - Namibia
  2. S.Moore - Angola
  3. (Meisn.) Schltr. - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
  4. (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. - Zimbabwe
  5. Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal
  6. Benth. - South Africa
  7. K.Schum. - Katanga in southern Zaire
formerly included[5]

moved to Tylophora

  • Sphaerocodon longipedunculatum (Schweinfurth) K. Schum., synonym of (Schweinfurth) Schltr.

References[]

  1. ^ Bentham, George. 1876. Genera Plantarum 2: 772 in Latin
  2. ^ Tropicos, genus Sphaerocodon
  3. ^ De Wildeman, E. A. J. 1903. Etudes sur la Flore du Katanga Ann. Mus. Congo, Ser. 1, Bot., ser. 4.
  4. ^ 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).
  5. ^ a b The Plant List, genus Sphaerocodon
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