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]
| Sisyranthus | |
|---|---|
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| Sisyranthus virgatus | |
Scientific classification 
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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 | |
- Species[4]
- Sisyranthus anceps Schltr. - South Africa
- Sisyranthus barbatus N.E.Br. - Eastern Cape Province
- Sisyranthus compactus N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Sisyranthus fanninii N.E.Br. - South Africa
- Sisyranthus fimbriatus Schltr. - South Africa
- Sisyranthus franksiae N.E.Br. - South Africa
- Sisyranthus huttoniae S.Moore - South Africa
- Sisyranthus imberbis Harv. - South Africa
- Sisyranthus macer Schltr. - South Africa
- Sisyranthus randii S.Moore - South Africa
- Sisyranthus rhodesicus Weim. - Zimbabwe
- Sisyranthus rotatus Schltr. - South Africa
- Sisyranthus saundersiae N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Sisyranthus schizoglossoides Schltr. - South Africa
- Sisyranthus trichostomus K.Schum. - South Africa
- Sisyranthus virgatus E.Mey. - South Africa
References
edit- ^ Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 197 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, genus Sisyranthus
- ^ 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).
- ^ The Plant List, genus Sisyranthus