Cryptolepis oblongifolia

Species of plant

Cryptolepis oblongifolia

Foliage and fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Gentianales
Family:  | Apocynaceae
Genus:  | Cryptolepis
Species:  |

C. oblongifolia

Binomial name
Cryptolepis oblongifolia

(Meisn.) Schltr.

Synonyms

* Cryptolepis nigritana (Benth.) N.E.Br.[1]
* Ectadiopsis acutifolia Benth.
* Ectadiopsis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr.[2]
* Ectadium oblongifolium Meisn.

Cryptolepis oblongifolia, the red-stemmed milk rope, is a multi-stemmed shrub in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to moist and mesic regions of southern Africa, where it occurs in rocky grassland, grassy woodland or riverine vegetation.[3] It is found from South Africa[4] to Zambia.[3] It grows about 1m tall, and carries widely spaced, opposite leaves on the reddish-brown stems. The yellow to reddish-yellow flowers appear in axillary clusters.

## References

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1. ^ "Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr". The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
2. ^ "Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr". African Plant Database. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & SANBI. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
3. ^ a b Bingham, Mike; et al. "Cryptolepis oblongifolia Schltr". Flora of Zambia. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
4. ^ "Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr". Red List of South African Plants. SANBI. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

## External links

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Media related to Cryptolepis oblongifolia at Wikimedia Commons

*   * Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Cryptolepis oblongifolia". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.

Taxon identifiers

Cryptolepis oblongifolia|

* Wikidata: Q15398620
* Wikispecies: Cryptolepis oblongifolia
* APDB: 74902
* CoL: ZXYV
* EoL: 5336345
* GBIF: 7522717
* iNaturalist: 507061
* IPNI: 95943-1
* NCBI: 141480
* Open Tree of Life: 178876
* Plant List: kew-2746397
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95943-1
* SANBI: 2725-5
* Tropicos: 2606221
* WFO: wfo-0000628372

Ectadium oblongifolium|

* Wikidata: Q38445480
* APDB: 75077
* CoL: 38P3W
* GBIF: 3577530
* IPNI: 97339-1
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:97339-1
* Tropicos: 2603970
* WFO: wfo-0000663184

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