Cryptolepis (plant)
Genus of plants
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Cryptolepis is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae. It includes some 42 species.[1]
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| Cryptolepis dubia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Periplocoideae |
| Genus: | Cryptolepis R.Br., On Asclepiad. 58. 3 Apr 1810. |
| Type species | |
| Cryptolepis buchananii | |
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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.
