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Crioceras dipladeniiflorus

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Crioceras dipladeniiflorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribe: Tabernaemontaninae
Genus: Crioceras
Pierre (1897)
Species:
C. dipladeniiflorus
Binomial name
Crioceras dipladeniiflorus
(Stapf) K.Schum. (1900)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tabernaemontana dipladeniiflora Stapf (1894)
  • Crioceras longiflorus Pierre (1897)

Crioceras is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae first described as a species in 1897. It contains only one known species, Crioceras dipladeniiflorus, native to tropical central Africa (Gabon, Republic of Congo, and the Angolan province of Cabinda).[1][2][3]

The type species is Crioceras longiflorus (syn of C. dipladeniiflorus) described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre.

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  3. ^ Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.