Allium Tricoccum

Cryptolepis is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae. It includes some 42 species.^[1]

Selected species

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

Excluded or synonymous taxa

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

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)

External links

Media related to Cryptolepis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cryptolepis at Wikispecies