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Genus: Cryptostegia R. Br.

Family: Apocynaceae subfamily Periplocoideae
Also sometimes placed in: Asclepiadaceae Periplocaceae

Genus number: 3141
Last updated: 17-Sep-2007
Comment: all 2 accepted species are in GRIN.

Complete List of Accepted Species Records.


References for genus:

  • Klackenberg, J. 2001. Revision of the genus Cryptostegia R. Br. (Apocynaceae, Periplocoideae). Adansonia 23:205–218.
  • Marohasy, J. & P. I. Forster. 1991. A taxonomic revision of Cryptostegia R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae: Periplocoideae). Austral. Syst. Bot. 4:571–577.
  • Venter, H. J. T. & R. L. Verhoeven. 2001. Diversity and relationships within the Periplocoideae (Apocynaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88:550–568.
More:
  • KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Check other nomenclature databases for Cryptostegia:

  • ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
  • NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?3141 (19 May 2013)

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