Cryptolepis (plant)

Cryptolepis is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae. It includes some 42 species.

Selected species

• Cryptolepis africana <small>(Bullock) Venter & R.L.Verh.</small>
• Cryptolepis albicans <small>Jum. & H.Perrier</small>
• Cryptolepis angolensis <small>Welw. ex Hiern</small>
• Cryptolepis apiculata <small>K.Schum.</small>
• Cryptolepis arbuscula <small>(Radcl.-Sm.) Venter</small>
• Cryptolepis baumii <small>N.E.Br.</small>
• Cryptolepis brazzaei <small>Baill.</small>
• Cryptolepis buchanani
• Cryptolepis buxifolia <small>Chiov.</small>
• Cryptolepis capensis <small>Schltr.</small>
• Cryptolepis cryptolepioides <small>(Schltr.) Bullock</small>
• Cryptolepis decidua <small>(Planch. ex Benth.) N.E.Br.</small>
• Cryptolepis delagoensis <small>Schltr.</small>
• Cryptolepis dubia <small>(Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida</small>
• Cryptolepis hypoglauca
• Cryptolepis oblongifolia <small>(Meisn.) Schltr.</small>
• Cryptolepis obtusa
• Cryptolepis ruspolii <small>Chiov.</small>
• Cryptolepis sanguinolenta <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
• Cryptolepis sinensis <small>(Lour.) Merr.</small>
• Cryptolepis sizenandii <small>Rolfe</small>
• Cryptolepis socotrana <small>(Balf.f.) Venter</small>
• Cryptolepis somaliensis <small>Venter & Thulin</small>
• Cryptolepis stefianinii <small>Chiov.</small>
• Cryptolepis suffruticosa <small>N.E.Br.</small>
• Cryptolepis triangularis
• Cryptolepis volubilis <small>(Balf.f.) O.Schwartz</small>
• Cryptolepis welwitschii <small>Hiern</small>
• Cryptolepis yemenensis <small>Venter & R.L.Verh.</small>

Excluded or synonymous taxa

• C. buchananii, a synonym for C. dubia <small>(Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida</small>
• C. elegans, a synonym for C. sinensis <small>(Lour.) Merr.</small>
• C. edithae, a synonym for C. sinensis <small>(Lour.) Merr.</small>

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)

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