Cryptolepis capensis
Cryptolepis capensis | |
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Herbarium specimen of Cryptolepis capensis .[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Cryptolepis |
Species: | C. capensis
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Binomial name | |
Cryptolepis capensis |
Cryptolepis capensis is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is native to South Africa and Eswatini.[2][3] Rudolf Schlechter,[4] the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the region where the sample he examined was collected in South Africa.[5]
Description
It is a climbing plant. Its woody, slender, hairless twining stems have minute bumps. Its thin, hairless, lance-shaped to elliptical leaves are 3.8–8.9 by 1.3–4.4 centimeters. The tips of its leaves are ae variable ranging from pointed, tapering or ending abruptly with a sharp point. The bases of the leaves are pointed. Its petioles are 5.1–15.2 millimeters long. Its branched, hairless, sparsely-flowered
Reproductive biology
The pollen of Cryptolepis capensis is shed as permanent tetrads.[7]
Distribution and habitat
It has been observed growing in forests at elevations up to 600 meters.[5]
Uses
Its roots have been reported as being used as a traditional medicine by the Tsonga people.[8]
References
- ^ "Cryptolepis capensis Schltr". Tropicos. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. n.d. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Cryptolepis capensis Schltr". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Cryptolepis capensis Schltr". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ a b Schlechter, R. (1893). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Orchidaceen und Asclepiadaceen Süd-Afrikas" [Contributions to the Knowledge of the Orchidaceae and Asclepiadaceae of South Africa]. Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg (in German and Latin). 35: 44–54.
- ^ Brown, N.E. (1909). "Order LXXXVIII. Asclepiadeae". In Thiselton-Dyer, William T. (ed.). Flora capensis: Being a Systematic Description of the Plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & Port Natal (and Neighbouring Territories). Vol. IV. Section 1. Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae. London: Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd. p. 527.
- OCLC 638720409. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
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