Caudanthera

Caudanthera edulis

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: Caudanthera
Species: C. baradii – C. edulis – C. mireillae – C. sinaica

Name

Caudanthera Plowes, Haseltonia 3: 58. 1995.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cryptolluma Plowes, Haseltonia 3: 57. 1995.
    • Type species: Cryptolluma edulis (Edgew.) Plowes
  • Spiralluma Plowes, Haseltonia 3: 53. 1995.
    • Type species: Spiralluma longidens (N.E.Br.) Plowes

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Central Asia Afghanistan, Pakistan Regional: Indian Subcontinent India Regional: Western Asia Iran, Palestine, Sinai Regional: Arabian Peninsula Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan Regional: Central Africa Niger References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Plowes, D.C.H. 1995. A Reclassification of Caralluma R. Brown (Stapelieae: Asclepiadaceae). Haseltonia 3: 49-70. Reference page. : 3: 58.

Additional references

• Bensusan, K. 2009. Taxonomy and conservation status of Moroccan Stapeliads. Bulletin de l’Institut Scientifique, Rabat, section Sciences de la Vie 31(2): 67–77 PDF.
• Meve, U. & Liede, S. 2002. A molecular phylogeny and generic rearrangement of the stapelioid Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 34(1): 171-209. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0220-2 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Caudanthera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 01. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Caudanthera. 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 December 01. Reference page.  as a synonym of Ceropegia
• Tropicos.org 2022. Caudanthera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 December 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Caudanthera. Published online. Accessed: December 01 2022.

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