Ballyanthus

Life-forms

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: Stapeliinae
Genus: Ballyanthus
Species: B. major – B. prognathus
Name

Ballyanthus Bruyns, Aloë 37: 76. (2000)

Type species: Ballyanthus prognathus (P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns, Aloë 37: 76. (2000)

Note: A possible synonym of Ceropegia s.l. (Bruyns et al., 2017 & Hassler, 2022 c.f. Govaerts et al., 2022).
References

Bruyns, P.V. 2000. Aloe; Mondstuk van die Suid-Afrikaanse Aalwyn- en Vetplant Vereniging. Journal of the South African Aloe and Succulent Society 37: 76.
Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. 2017. A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae). South African Journal of Botany 112: 399–436. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.06.021 Open access Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ballyanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 13. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Ballyanthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ballyanthus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2022. Reference page.
Ballyanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.[1]

Its native range is Somalia.[1]

Species:[1]

Ballyanthus major Plowes
Ballyanthus prognathus (P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns

References

"Ballyanthus Bruyns | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 March 2021.