Aspidoglossum

Aspidoglossum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Stapeliae
Genus: Aspidoglossum
E.Mey.

Aspidoglossum is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838.[1] It is native to Africa.[2][3]

Accepted species[4]
  1. Aspidoglossum angustissimum (K.Schum.) Bullock - tropical Africa
  2. Aspidoglossum araneiferum (Schltr.) Kupicha - KwaZulu-Natal
  3. Aspidoglossum biflorum E.Mey. - Eastern Cape Province
  4. Aspidoglossum breve Kupicha - Malawi, Tanzania
  5. Aspidoglossum carinatum (Schltr.) Kupicha - South Africa
  6. Aspidoglossum connatum (N.E.Br.) Bullock - tropical Africa
  7. Aspidoglossum crebrum Kupicha - Zimbabwe
  8. Aspidoglossum delagoense (Schltr.) Kupicha - Mozambique
  9. Aspidoglossum demissum Kupicha - KwaZulu-Natal
  10. Aspidoglossum difficile Hilliard - KwaZulu-Natal
  11. Aspidoglossum dissimile (N.E.Br.) Kupicha - South Africa
  12. Aspidoglossum elliotii (Schltr.) Kupicha - East Africa
  13. Aspidoglossum erubescens (Schltr.) Bullock - East Africa
  14. Aspidoglossum eylesii (S.Moore) Kupicha - Zimbabwe, Zambia
  15. Aspidoglossum fasciculare E.Mey. - Eastern Cape Province
  16. Aspidoglossum flanaganii (Schltr.) Kupicha - South Africa
  17. Aspidoglossum glabellum Kupicha - Zimbabwe
  18. Aspidoglossum glabrescens (Schltr.) Kupicha - Mpumalanga
  19. Aspidoglossum glanduliferum (Schltr.) Kupicha - Pondoland in Eastern Cape Province
  20. Aspidoglossum gracile (E.Mey.) Kupicha - Western Cape Province
  21. Aspidoglossum grandiflorum (Schltr.) Kupicha - Eastern Cape Province
  22. Aspidoglossum heterophyllum E.Mey. - Western Cape Province
  23. Aspidoglossum hirundo Kupicho - Mozambique
  24. Aspidoglossum interruptum (E.Mey.) Bullock - Mozambique, South Africa
  25. Aspidoglossum lamellatum (Schltr.) Kupicha - False Bay in South Africa
  26. Aspidoglossum lanatum (Weim.) Kupicha - Zimbabwe
  27. Aspidoglossum masaicum (N.E.Br.) Kupicha - East Africa
  28. Aspidoglossum nyassae (Britten & Rendle) Kupicha - Malawi
  29. Aspidoglossum ovalifolium (Schltr.) Kupicha - Eastern Cape Province
  30. Aspidoglossum restioides (Schltr.) Kupicha - Western Cape Province
  31. Aspidoglossum rhodesicum (Weim.) Kupicha - Zimbabwe
  32. Aspidoglossum uncinatum (N.E.Br.) Kupicha - Western Cape Province
  33. Aspidoglossum validum Kupicho - Mpumalanga, Limpopo
  34. Aspidoglossum virgatum (E.Mey.) Kupicha - South Africa
  35. Aspidoglossum woodii (Schltr.) Kupicha - KwaZulu-Natal
  36. Aspidoglossum xanthosphaerum Hilliard - KwaZulu-Natal

References

  1. Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 200.
  2. Tropicos
  3. 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).
  4. The Plant List, genus Aspidoglossum
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