Huerniopsis

Huerniopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Huerniopsis
N.E.Br.
Type species
Huerniopsis decipiens
N.E.Br.

Huerniopsis is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1878.[1] It is native to southern Africa.[2][3]

Species[4]
  1. Huerniopsis atrosanguinea (N.E. Br.) A.C. White & B. Sloane - N Botswana
  2. Huerniopsis decipiens N.E.Br. - Western Cape Province
  3. Huerniopsis gibbosa Nel - Lobatsi in Botswana
  4. Huerniopsis papillata Nel - Debeeti in Botswana

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Nicholas Edward. 1878. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 17: 171, t. 12, f. 9–13.
  2. ↑ Tropicos
  3. ↑ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. ↑ The Plant List, genus Huerniopsis
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