Biology:Sisyranthus

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Short description: Genus of plants

Sisyranthus
Sisyranthus virgatus 1DS-II 1794.jpg
Sisyranthus virgatus
Scientific classification e
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
E.Mey.

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]


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

Wikidata ☰ Q6130038 entry