''Anisotoma'' is a genus of
flowering plants formerly belonging to the plant family
Asclepiadaceae
The Asclepiadoideae are a subfamily of plants in the family Apocynaceae. Formerly, they were treated as a separate family under the name Asclepiadaceae, e.g. by APG II, and known as the milkweed family.
They form a group of perennial herbs, twin ...
, now considered to be part of the
Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. They are native to
South Africa[Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).]
;Species
[The Plant List, genus ''Anisotoma'']
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# '' Anisotoma cordifolia'' Fenzl - South Africa
# '' Anisotoma pedunculata'' N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
#
;formerly included, transferred to '' Brachystelma''[
''Anisotoma arnottii'' (Baker) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. synonym of '' Brachystelma arnottii'' Baker
]
References
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Apocynaceae genera
Endemic flora of South Africa
Asclepiadoideae
Taxa named by Eduard Fenzl