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Sisyranthus
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Sisyranthus virgatus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus: Sisyranthus
E.Mey.
Type species
Sisyranthus virgatus

Sisyranthus is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1838. [1] [2] It is native to southern Africa. [3]

Species [4]
  1. Sisyranthus anceps Schltr. - South Africa
  2. Sisyranthus barbatus N.E.Br. - Eastern Cape Province
  3. Sisyranthus compactus N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
  4. Sisyranthus fanninii N.E.Br. - South Africa
  5. Sisyranthus fimbriatus Schltr. - South Africa
  6. Sisyranthus franksiae N.E.Br. - South Africa
  7. Sisyranthus huttoniae S.Moore - South Africa
  8. Sisyranthus imberbis Harv. - South Africa
  9. Sisyranthus macer Schltr. - South Africa
  10. Sisyranthus randii S.Moore - South Africa
  11. Sisyranthus rhodesicus Weim. - Zimbabwe
  12. Sisyranthus rotatus Schltr. - South Africa
  13. Sisyranthus saundersiae N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
  14. Sisyranthus schizoglossoides Schltr. - South Africa
  15. Sisyranthus trichostomus K.Schum. - South Africa
  16. Sisyranthus virgatus E.Mey. - South Africa

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  1. Syncolostemon albiflorus(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Transvaal, Swaziland
  2. Syncolostemon argenteusN.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
  3. Syncolostemon bolusii(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal
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  14. Syncolostemon floccosus(Launert) D.F.Otieno - Namibia
  15. Syncolostemon foliosus(S.Moore) D.F.Otieno - Swaziland, South Africa
  16. Syncolostemon gerrardii(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - South Africa
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  18. Syncolostemon latidens(N.E.Br.) Codd - KwaZulu-Natal
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  22. Syncolostemon madagascariensis(A.J.Paton & Hedge) D.F.Otieno - Madagascar
  23. Syncolostemon modestus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Swaziland, South Africa
  24. Syncolostemon namapaensisD.F.Otieno - Mozambique, Tanzania
  25. Syncolostemon obermeyerae(M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  26. Syncolostemon oritrephes(Wild) D.F.Otieno - Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe
  27. Syncolostemon ornatus(S.Moore) D.F.Otieno - Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe
  28. Syncolostemon parviflorusE.Mey. ex Benth. - Swaziland, South Africa
  29. Syncolostemon parvifolius(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  30. Syncolostemon persimilis(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  31. Syncolostemon petiolatus(Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Swaziland, South Africa, Mozambique
  32. Syncolostemon pretoriae(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Swaziland, South Africa
  33. Syncolostemon punctatus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  34. Syncolostemon ramosus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal
  35. Syncolostemon ramulosusE.Mey. ex Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
  36. Syncolostemon rehmannii(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  37. Syncolostemon rotundifoliusE.Mey. ex Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
  38. Syncolostemon rugosifolius(M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  39. Syncolostemon stalmansii(A.J.Paton & K.Balkwill) D.F.Otieno - Mpumalanga, Swaziland
  40. Syncolostemon stenophyllus(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
  41. Syncolostemon subvelutinus(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  42. Syncolostemon teucriifolius(Hochst.) D.F.Otieno - Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa
  43. Syncolostemon thorncroftii(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  44. Syncolostemon transvaalensis(Schltr.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
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  1. Stenostelma capenseSchltr. - Northern Cape Province
  2. Stenostelma carinatum(Schltr.) Bullock - KwaZulu-Natal
  3. Stenostelma corniculatum(E. Mey.) Bullock - Eastern Cape Province
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  1. Orbeopsis albocastanea(Marloth) L.C. Leach - Great Namaqualand in Namibia
  2. Orbeopsis gerstneri(Letty) L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal
  3. Orbeopsis knobelii(Phillips) L.C. Leach - Botswana
  4. Orbeopsis melanantha(Schltr.) L.C. Leach - South Africa
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  1. Miraglossum anomalum(N.E. Br.) Kupicha - South Africa
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  4. Miraglossum pilosum(Schltr.) Kupicha - KwaZulu-Natal
  5. Miraglossum pulchellum(Schltr.) Kupicha - Swaziland, Gauteng
  6. Miraglossum superbumKupicha - KwaZulu-Natal
  7. Miraglossum verticillare(Schltr.) Kupicha - KwaZulu-Natal
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  1. Pentarrhinum abyssinicumDecne. - E + C + S Africa
  2. Pentarrhinum balense(Liede) Liede - Ethiopia
  3. Pentarrhinum coriaceumSchltr. - KwaZulu-Natal
  4. Pentarrhinum gonoloboides(Schltr.) Liede - Tanzania
  5. Pentarrhinum insipidumE.Mey. - South Africa
  6. Pentarrhinum ledermannii(Schltr.) Goyder & Liede - Burundi
  7. Pentarrhinum somaliense(N.E. Br.) Liede - Somalia
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Raphionacme is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1842. The genus is found primarily in Africa, with one species on the Arabian Peninsula.

Sphaerocodon is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1876. It is native to southern Africa.

  1. Sphaerocodon acutifoliumK.Schum. - Namibia
  2. Sphaerocodon angolensisS.Moore - Angola
  3. Sphaerocodon caffrum(Meisn.) Schltr. - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
  4. Sphaerocodon melananthum(K.Schum.) N.E.Br. - Zimbabwe
  5. Sphaerocodon natalenseBenth. - KwaZulu-Natal
  6. Sphaerocodon obtusifoliumBenth. - South Africa
  7. Sphaerocodon platypodumK.Schum. - Katanga in southern Zaire

References

  1. Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 197 in Latin
  2. Tropicos, genus Sisyranthus
  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 Sisyranthus