Sphaerocodon
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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]
- Sphaerocodon acutifolium K.Schum. - Namibia
- Sphaerocodon angolensis S.Moore - Angola
- Sphaerocodon caffrum (Meisn.) Schltr. - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
- Sphaerocodon melananthum (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. - Zimbabwe
- Sphaerocodon natalense Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Sphaerocodon obtusifolium Benth. - South Africa
- Sphaerocodon platypodum K.Schum. - Katanga in southern Zaire
- formerly included[5]
moved to Tylophora
- Sphaerocodon longipedunculatum (Schweinfurth) K. Schum., synonym of Tylophora longipedunculata (Schweinfurth) Schltr.
References
- ^ Bentham, George. 1876. Genera Plantarum 2: 772 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, genus Sphaerocodon
- ^ De Wildeman, E. A. J. 1903. Etudes sur la Flore du Katanga Ann. Mus. Congo, Ser. 1, Bot., ser. 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).
- ^ a b The Plant List, genus Sphaerocodon