''Alsodeiopsis'' Oliver is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of plants in the family
Icacinaceae
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consisting of trees, shrubs, and lianas, pri ...
native to
tropical Africa
Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far more diverse. While the tropics are thought of as regions with hot moist climates, which are caused by latitude and the trop ...
. There are about 11 species. Seventeen
species names have been published in ''Alsodeiopsis'',
[The International Plant Names Index. (see ''External links'' below).] but many of these are
synonyms. The
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...
, ''
Alsodeiopsis mannii'' was named by
Daniel Oliver in 1869.
[Daniel Oliver. 1869. ''Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society'' 10:43.]
''
Alsodeiopsis zenkeri'' is a
rheophyte
A rheophyte is a plant that lives in fast moving water currents in an environment where few other organisms can survive. Rheophytes tend to be found in currents that move at rates of one to two meters per second and that are up to 1 to 2 m deep. Th ...
.
[David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Plant-Book'' third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK.]
Species
# ''
Alsodeiopsis chippii''
Hutch., Accepted
# ''
Alsodeiopsis chippii subsp. rubra''
(Engl.) Govaerts, Accepted
# ''
Alsodeiopsis chippii subsp. villosa''
(Keay) Govaerts , Accepted
# ''
Alsodeiopsis mannii''
Oliv., Accepted
# ''
Alsodeiopsis poggei''
Engl., Accepted
# ''
Alsodeiopsis rowlandii''
Engl., Accepted
# ''
Alsodeiopsis schumannii''
(Engl.) Engl., Accepted
# ''
Alsodeiopsis staudtii''
Engl., Accepted
# ''
Alsodeiopsis tessmannii''
Engl., Accepted
# ''
Alsodeiopsis zenkeri''
Engl., Accepted
# ''
Alsodeiopsis laurentii''
De Wild., Unresolved
# ''
Alsodeiopsis weissenborriana''
Bramw. & Schumann, Unresolved
:
Synonyms:
# ''Alsodeiopsis bequaertii''
De Wild. = ''
Alsodeiopsis rowlandii''
Engl.
# ''Alsodeiopsis glaberrima''
Engl. ex Hutch. & Dalziel = ''
Olax gambecola''
Baill.
# ''Alsodeiopsis holstii''
Engl. = ''
Leptaulus holstii''
(Engl.) Engl.
# ''Alsodeiopsis oblongifolia''
Engl. = ''
Desmostachys oblongifolius''
(Engl.) Villiers
# ''Alsodeiopsis rubra''
Engl. = ''
Alsodeiopsis chippii subsp. rubra''
(Engl.) Govaerts
# ''Alsodeiopsis villosa''
Keay = ''
Alsodeiopsis chippii subsp. villosa''
(Keay) Govaerts
# ''Alsodeiopsis weissenborniana''
J.Braun & K.Schum. = ''
Alsodeiopsis mannii''
Oliv.
References
External links
Alsodeiopsis at IPNI
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Asterid genera
Taxa named by Daniel Oliver
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