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496.0000 Family Apocynaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 143 (1789), nom. cons.
372 genera, ca. 6500 spp. According to modern authors and PCR Asclepiadaceae is only a subfamily of Apocynaceae.
Species listed in database: 6774; hybrids: 10
= Asclepiadaceae Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 1: 31 (1797), nom. cons.
= Carissaceae Bertol; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 23: 212 (1891)
= Cerberaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 119 (1820)
= Cynanchaceae G.Mey.; Chloris Han. 245, 251 (1836)
= Ophioxylaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 24 (1835)
= Pacouriaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 447 (1820)
= Periplocaceae Schltr.; Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 351 (1905), nom. cons.
= Plumeriaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 70 (1834)
= Stapeliaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 70 (1834)
= Vincaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 273, 299 (1818)
= Willughbeaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 256 (1858)
496.6335 Genus Sisyranthus E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] 197 (1837)
Distribution: S-trop. and S-Africa
Species listed in database: 15
species :
Sisyranthus anceps Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(Beibl. 51): 45 (1895)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
27 SAF
species :
Sisyranthus barbatus (Turcz.) N.E.Br.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4(1): 790 (1908)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Lagarinthus barbatus Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(1): 257 (1848)
= Sisyranthus imberbis var. barbatus (Turcz.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(5, Beibl. 51): 46 (1895)
species :
Sisyranthus compactus N.E.Br.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4(1): 790 (1908)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Sisyranthus fanniniae N.E.Br.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4(1): 791 (1908)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
27 SAF
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Sisyranthus franksiae N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 419 (1909 publ. 1910)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
27 SAF
species :
Sisyranthus huttoniae (S.Moore) S.Moore; J. Bot. 45: 154 (1907)
Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Schizoglossum huttoniae S.Moore; J. Bot. 40: 383 (1902)
species :
Sisyranthus imberbis Harv.; Thes. Cap. 2: 11, t. 116 (1863)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ ZIM 27 LES SAF SWZ
species :
Sisyranthus macer (E.Mey.) Schltr.; J. Bot. 45: 291 (1897)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 ZIM 27 BOT LES SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Gomphocarpus macer (E.Mey.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 2: 901 (1840)
= Lagarinthus macer E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] 206 (1837)
= Periglossum macrum (E.Mey.) Decne.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 520 (1844)
species :
Sisyranthus randii S.Moore; J. Bot. 41: 200 (1903)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 ZIM 27 LES SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Sisyranthus randii var. abbreviatus S.Moore; J. Bot. 41: 200 (1903)
species :
Sisyranthus rhodesicus Weim.; Bot. Not. 402 (1935)
Distribution: E-Zimbabwe
26 ZIM
species :
Sisyranthus saundersiae N.E.Br.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4: t. 788 (1908)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
27 SAF
species :
Sisyranthus sekhukhuniensis Shabangu & Bester; Phytotaxa 438(1): 11 (2020)
Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga)
27 SAF
species :
Sisyranthus trichostomus (Harv.) K.Schum.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV, 2: 265 (1895)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Sisyranthus expansus Schltr.; J. Bot. 35: 291 (1897)
= Sisyranthus rotatus Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(5, Beibl. 51): 46 (1895)
= Sisyranthus virgatus var. trichostomus (K.Schum.) Harv.; Thes. Cap. 2: 10 (1862)
species :
Sisyranthus virgatus E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] 197 (1837)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Brachystelma virgatum (E.Mey.) D.Dietr.; (1840)
species :
Sisyranthus vryheidensis Shabangu & Bester; Phytotaxa 438(1): 8 (2020)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
27 SAF
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