Parapodium

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: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Parapodium
Species: P. costatum – P. crispum – P. simile
Name

Parapodium E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 221 (1838)

Type species: Parapodium costatum E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 221 (1838)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Rhombonema Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 41 (1895)

References

Meyer, E.H.F. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris quas per Octo Anno Collegit Observationibusque Manuscriptis Illustravit Joannes Franciscus Drège. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: 221.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Parapodium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 2. Reference page. 
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Parapodium. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 2 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Parapodium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Sept. 2017.

Parapodium is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838.[1][2] It is native to South Africa.[3]

Species[4]

Parapodium costatum E.Mey. - South Africa
Parapodium crispum N.E.Br. - South Africa
Parapodium simile N.E.Br. - South Africa

References

Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 221–2 in Latin
Tropicos, genus Parapodium
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 Parapodium