Cryptolepis (plant)

For other uses, see Cryptolepis.

Cryptolepis
Cryptolepis buchananii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Periplocoideae,
Tribe:	Cryptolepideae
Genus:	Cryptolepis R.Br., On Asclepiad. 58. 3 Apr 1810.
Type species
C. buchananii Roem. & Schult.
Species
See text
Synonyms
Cochlanthus Balf.f., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 78. 1883. Curroria Planch. ex Benth. Ectadiopsis Benth., in Bentham et J. D. Hooker, Gen. 2: 741. Mai 1876. Lepistoma Blume, Fl. Javae (Praef.) vii. 5 Aug 1828. Leposma Blume, Bijdr. 1049. Oct 1826-Nov 1827. Mangenotia Pichon, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 101: 246. post 25 Jun 1954. Mitolepis Balf.f., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 78. 1883. Sacleuxia (possible synonym) Baill., Hist. Pl. 10: 265. Jul-Aug 1890. Socotranthus Kuntze in Post et O. Kuntze, Lex. 523. Dec 1903. Stomatostemma (possible synonym) N.E.Br. in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Africa 4(1): 252. Dec 1902.

Crytolepis is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae.

Species

• C. buchananii
• C. sanguinolenta
• C. sinensis

Excluded or synonymous taxa

• C. elegans, a synonym for Cryptolepis sinensis
• C. edithae

References

Farr, E. R. and Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Aug 24 [1]. Flora of China (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Aug 21 [2]. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. [3] (25 August 2009)