''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. Notable mem ...
''. It includes some 42 species.
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
Cryptolepis may refer to:
* Cryptolepis (fish), ''Cryptolepis'' (fish), an extinct fish genus from the Devonian
* Cryptolepis (plant), ''Cryptolepis'' (plant), a plant genus
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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 decidua''
( Planch. ex Benth.
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Nicholas Edward Brown (11 July 1849 in Redhill, Surrey – 25 November 1934 in Kew Gardens, London) was an English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents. He was also an authority on several families of plants, including Asclepiadaceae, ...
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Cryptolepis delagoensis''
Schltr.
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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''
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Cryptolepis oblongifolia''
(Meisn.
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Biography
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) Schltr.
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Cryptolepis obtusa''
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Cryptolepis ruspolii''
Chiov.
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Cryptolepis sanguinolenta''
(Lindl.) Schltr.
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Cryptolepis sinensis''
(Lour.) Merr.
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Cryptolepis sizenandii''
Rolfe
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Cryptolepis socotrana''
(Balf.f.) Venter
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Cryptolepis somaliensis''
Venter & Thulin
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Cryptolepis stefianinii''
Chiov.
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Cryptolepis suffruticosa''
N.E.Br.
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Cryptolepis triangularis''
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Cryptolepis volubilis''
(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)
Plant dyes
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