''Cryptolepis'' is a plant genus in the family ''
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...
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Selected species
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Cryptolepis africana''
(Bullock) Venter & R.L.Verh.
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Cryptolepis albicans''
Jum. & H.Perrier
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Cryptolepis angolensis''
Welw. ex Hiern
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Cryptolepis apiculata''
K.Schum.
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Cryptolepis arbuscula''
(Radcl.-Sm.) Venter
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Cryptolepis baumii''
N.E.Br.
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Cryptolepis brazzaei''
Baill.
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Cryptolepis buchanani''
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Cryptolepis buxifolia''
Chiov.
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Cryptolepis capensis''
Schltr.
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Cryptolepis cryptolepioides''
(Schltr.) Bullock
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Cryptolepis dubia
''Cryptolepis dubia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly ...
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(Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida
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Cryptolepis hypoglauca
Cryptolepis may refer to:
* ''Cryptolepis'' (fish), an extinct fish genus from the Devonian
* ''Cryptolepis'' (plant), a plant genus
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Cryptolepis oblongifolia''
(Meisn.
Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist.
Biography
Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
) Schltr.
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Cryptolepis obtusa''
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Cryptolepis ruspolii
Cryptolepis may refer to:
* ''Cryptolepis'' (fish), an extinct fish genus from the Devonian
* ''Cryptolepis'' (plant), a plant genus
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Chiov.
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Cryptolepis sanguinolenta
''Cryptolepis sanguinolenta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. An extract from the root is traditionally used in West Africa for malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other ...
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(Lindl.) Schltr.
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Cryptolepis sinensis
''Cryptolepis sinensis'' is a plant species in the genus '' Cryptolepis'', native to Taiwan, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan) and southeast Asia (Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam).
''Cryptolepis sinensis'' is ...
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(Lour.) Merr.
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Cryptolepis sizenandii
Cryptolepis may refer to:
* ''Cryptolepis'' (fish), an extinct fish genus from the Devonian
* ''Cryptolepis'' (plant), a plant genus
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Rolfe
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Cryptolepis socotrana
Cryptolepis may refer to:
* ''Cryptolepis'' (fish), an extinct fish genus from the Devonian
* ''Cryptolepis'' (plant), a plant genus
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(Balf.f.) Venter
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Cryptolepis somaliensis
Cryptolepis may refer to:
* ''Cryptolepis'' (fish), an extinct fish genus from the Devonian
* ''Cryptolepis'' (plant), a plant genus
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Venter & Thulin
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Cryptolepis stefianinii
Cryptolepis may refer to:
* ''Cryptolepis'' (fish), an extinct fish genus from the Devonian
* ''Cryptolepis'' (plant), a plant genus
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Chiov.
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Cryptolepis suffruticosa
Cryptolepis may refer to:
* ''Cryptolepis'' (fish), an extinct fish genus from the Devonian
* ''Cryptolepis'' (plant), a plant genus
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N.E.Br.
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Cryptolepis triangularis
Cryptolepis may refer to:
* ''Cryptolepis'' (fish), an extinct fish genus from the Devonian
* ''Cryptolepis'' (plant), a plant genus
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Cryptolepis volubilis
Cryptolepis may refer to:
* ''Cryptolepis'' (fish), an extinct fish genus from the Devonian
* ''Cryptolepis'' (plant), a plant genus
{{Genus disambiguation ...
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(Balf.f.) O.Schwartz
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Cryptolepis welwitschii''
Hiern
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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.
References
* Farr, E. R. and Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Aug 24
* Flora of China (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Aug 21
* USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN)
nline Database National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
(25 August 2009)
External links
Periplocoideae
Apocynaceae genera
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
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