Anisotoma

For the beetle genus, see Leiodidae.
Anisotoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Anisotoma
Fenzl
Type species
Anisotoma cordifolia
Fenzl

Anisotoma is a genus of flowering plants formerly belonging to the plant family Asclepiadaceae, now considered to be part of the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.[1][2] They are native to South Africa[3]

Species[4]
  1. Anisotoma cordifolia Fenzl - South Africa
  2. Anisotoma pedunculata N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
formerly included, transferred to Brachystelma[4]

Anisotoma arnottii (Baker) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. synonym of Brachystelma arnottii Baker

References

  1. Fenzl, Eduard. 1844. Linnaea 17: 330-331 in Latin
  2. Tropicos, genus Anisotoma
  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. 1 2 The Plant List, genus Anisotoma
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