Rhytidocaulon (Apocynaceae)

Rhytidocaulon macrolobum

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: Rhytidocaulon
Species: R. arachnoideum – R. baricum – R. ciliatum – R. elegantissimum – R. fulleri – R. macrolobum – R. mccoyi – R. molamatarense – R. paradoxum – R. piliferum – R. pseudosubscandens – R. richardianum – R. sheilae – R. specksii – R. splendidum – R. subscandens – R. tortum

Name

Rhytidocaulon P.R.O.Bally, Candollea 18: 335. (1963), nom. cons.

• Type species: Rhytidocaulon subscandens P.R.O.Bally, Candollea 18: 337. (1963)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ceropegia sect. Rhytidocaulon (P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 414. (2017)

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

References

• Bally, P.R.O. 1963. Candollea; Organe du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève 18: 335.
• 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. Rhytidocaulon 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. Rhytidocaulon. 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. Rhytidocaulon. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Rhytidocaulon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar. 2022.

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