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Sphaerocodon

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Apocynaceae

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Gentianales

Subfamily
  
Asclepiadoideae

Similar
  
Orthanthera, Schistogyne, Margaretta

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

Species
  1. Sphaerocodon acutifolium K.Schum. - Namibia
  2. Sphaerocodon angolensis S.Moore - Angola
  3. Sphaerocodon caffrum (Meisn.) Schltr. - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
  4. Sphaerocodon melananthum (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. - Zimbabwe
  5. Sphaerocodon natalense Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal
  6. Sphaerocodon obtusifolium Benth. - South Africa
  7. Sphaerocodon platypodum K.Schum. - Katanga in southern Zaire
formerly included

moved to Tylophora

  • Sphaerocodon longipedunculatum (Schweinfurth) K. Schum., synonym of Tylophora longipedunculata (Schweinfurth) Schltr.

    • References

    Sphaerocodon Wikipedia
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