Camptocarpus sphenophyllus
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| Camptocarpus sphenophyllus | |
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| Photograph of a herbarium specimen of Camptocarpus sphenophyllus[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Camptocarpus |
| Species: | C. sphenophyllus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camptocarpus sphenophyllus (Balf.f.) Venter | |
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Camptocarpus sphenophyllus is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is endemic to the island of Rodrigues.[3] Isaac Bayley Balfour,[4] the naturalist who first formally described the species named it, using the synonym Tanulepis sphenophylla, after its wedge-shaped leaves (Latinized forms of Greek σφην-, sphen- and φύλλον, phúllon).[5][6]