Sphaerocodon

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

Sphaerocodon is a species 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. Sphaerocodon acutifolium K.Schum. - Namibia
  2. Sphaerocodon angolensis S.Moore - Angola
  3. Sphaerocodon caffrum (Meisn.) Schltr. - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
  4. Sphaerocodon melananthum (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. - Zimbabwe
  5. Sphaerocodon natalense Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal
  6. Sphaerocodon obtusifolium Benth. - South Africa
  7. Sphaerocodon platypodum K.Schum. - Katanga in southern Zaire
formerly included[5]

moved to Tylophora


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. 1 2 The Plant List, genus Sphaerocodon
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