Chlorocyathus

Genus of plants

Chlorocyathus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Periplocoideae
Genus: Chlorocyathus
Oliv.
Type species
Chlorocyathus monteiroae
Oliv.
Synonyms[1]
  • Kappia Venter, A.P.Dold & R.L.Verh.

Chlorocyathus is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1887.[2][3] It is native to southern Africa.[4]

Species[5]
  1. Chlorocyathus lobulata (Venter & R.L.Verh.) Venter - Bathurst District in Cape Province of South Africa
  2. Chlorocyathus monteiroae Oliv. - Maputo Bay (formerly Delagoa Bay) in southern Mozambique
formerly included

moved to Raphionacme

  • Chlorocyathus welwitschii (Schltr. & Rendle) Bullock, synonym of Raphionacme welwitschii Schltr. & Rendle

References

  1. ^ "Chlorocyathus Oliv." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  2. ^ Oliver, Daniel. 1887. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 16: t. 1557 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English, with line drawing as illustration.
  3. ^ Tropicos, genus Chlorocyathus
  4. ^ Venter, Hendrik Johannes Tjaart. 2008. South African Journal of Botany 74: 289.
  5. ^ The Plant List, genus Chlorocyathus
Taxon identifiers
Chlorocyathus