Emicocarpus

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: Eustegieae
Genus: Emicocarpus
Species: E. fissifolius
Name

Emicocarpus K.Schum. & Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 66: 21 (1900)

monotypic taxon

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Lobostephanus N.E.Br., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 27: t. 2692 (1901)

References

Schumann, K.M. & Schlechter, F.R.R. 1900. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig 29(3-4, Beibl. 66: 21.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Emicocarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 22. Reference page. 
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Emicocarpus. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 22 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Emicocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Oct. 2017.

Emicocarpus is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1900.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Emicocarpus fissifolius, native to tropical Africa.[4]
References

Matimele, H.A.; Raimondo, D.; Bandeira, S.; Burrows, J.E.; Darbyshire, I.; Massingue, A.O.; Timberlake, J. (2016). "Emicocarpus fissifolius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T85955108A85955412". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016.