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Taxon: Cryptostegia madagascariensis Bojer ex Decne.

Genus: Cryptostegia
Family: Apocynaceae subfamily: Periplocoideae. Also placed in: Asclepiadaceae Periplocaceae
Nomen number: 12532
Place of publication: A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 8:492. 1844 (W. Bojer, Hortus maurit. 212. 1837, nom. inval.)
Comment: Bojer did not validly publish this name, as he failed to provide a description or diagnosis (Vienna ICBN Art. 32)
Name verified on: 06-May-2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-May-2007
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • Madagascar rubbervine   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar

      Naturalized:
  • AFRICA
    Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius; Seychelles

References:

  • Jagtap, A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Periplocaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. (Fasc F India) 24:296–297.
  • Klackenberg, J. 2001. Revision of the genus Cryptostegia R. Br. (Apocynaceae, Periplocoideae). Adansonia 23:215–218.
  • Robertson, S. A. 1989. Flowering plants of Seychelles. (L Seychelles)
  • Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)
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Check other databases for Cryptostegia madagascariensis Bojer ex Decne.:

  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?12532 (09 February 2010)

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