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Apocynaceae

Cryptolepis

Cryptolepis volubilis (Balf.f.) O.Schwartz

First published in Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10: 187 (1939)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Socotra. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Taxonomy

Distribution
Synonyms
Publications
Other data

Native to:

Socotra

Homotypic Synonyms

Ectadiopsis volubilis Balf.f. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 78 (1883)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Ectadiopsis brevifolia Balf.f. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 78 (1883)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0