Crioceras dipladeniiflorus
Species of plant
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Crioceras is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae first described as a species in 1897. It contains only one known species, Crioceras dipladeniiflorus, native to tropical central Africa (Gabon, Republic of Congo, and the Angolan province of Cabinda).[1][2][3]
| Crioceras dipladeniiflorus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rauvolfioideae |
| Tribe: | Tabernaemontaneae |
| Subtribe: | Tabernaemontaninae |
| Genus: | Crioceras Pierre (1897) |
| Species: | C. dipladeniiflorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Crioceras dipladeniiflorus | |
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The type species is Crioceras longiflorus (syn of C. dipladeniiflorus) described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre.
An alkaloid present in Crioceras longiflorus is called 12-Methoxyvoaphylline.[4]
