Sisyranthus

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Anisotominae
Genus: Sisyranthus
Species: S. anceps – S. barbatus – S. compactus – S. fanniniae – S. franksiae – S. huttoniae – S. imberbis – S. macer – S. randii – S. rhodesicus – S. saundersiae – S. trichostomus – S. virgatus
Name

Sisyranthus E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 197. (1838)

Type species: Sisyranthus virgatus E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 197. (1838)

References

Meyer, E.H.F. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris quas per Octo Anno Collegit Observationibusque Manuscriptis Illustravit Joannes Franciscus Drège. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: 197.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Sisyranthus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Sisyranthus. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 22 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Sisyranthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 22.

Sisyranthus is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1838.[1][2] It is native to southern Africa.[3]

Species[4]

Sisyranthus anceps Schltr. - South Africa
Sisyranthus barbatus N.E.Br. - Eastern Cape Province
Sisyranthus compactus N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
Sisyranthus fanninii N.E.Br. - South Africa
Sisyranthus fimbriatus Schltr. - South Africa
Sisyranthus franksiae N.E.Br. - South Africa
Sisyranthus huttoniae S.Moore - South Africa
Sisyranthus imberbis Harv. - South Africa
Sisyranthus macer Schltr. - South Africa
Sisyranthus randii S.Moore - South Africa
Sisyranthus rhodesicus Weim. - Zimbabwe
Sisyranthus rotatus Schltr. - South Africa
Sisyranthus saundersiae N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
Sisyranthus schizoglossoides Schltr. - South Africa
Sisyranthus trichostomus K.Schum. - South Africa
Sisyranthus virgatus E.Mey. - South Africa

References

Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 197 in Latin
Tropicos, genus Sisyranthus
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).
The Plant List, genus Sisyranthus