Ballyanthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Ballyanthus
Species: B. major – B. prognathus

Name

Ballyanthus Bruyns, Aloë 37: 76. (2000)

• Type species: Ballyanthus prognathus (P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns, Aloë 37: 76. (2000)

Note: A possible synonym of Ceropegia s.l. (Bruyns et al., 2017 & Hassler, 2022 c.f. Govaerts et al., 2022).

References

• Bruyns, P.V. 2000. Aloe; Mondstuk van die Suid-Afrikaanse Aalwyn- en Vetplant Vereniging. Journal of the South African Aloe and Succulent Society 37: 76.
• Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. 2017. A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae). South African Journal of Botany 112: 399–436. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.06.021 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ballyanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Ballyanthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ballyanthus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2022.