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Ischnolepis natalensis

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Genus of flowering plants

Ischnolepis natalensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Periplocoideae
Genus: Ischnolepis
Species: I. natalensis
Binomial name
Ischnolepis natalensis
(Schltr.) Venter (2001)
Synonyms
  • Pentopetia natalensis Schltr. (1894)
  • Petopentia natalensis (Schltr.) Bullock (1954)
  • Tacazzea natalensis (Schltr.) N.E.Br. (1907)

Ischnolepis natalensis is a climbing geophyte vine, commonly known as propeller vine, in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa.

It was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Petopetia, which was first described as a genus in 1954.

References

  1. ^ Ischnolepis natalensis (Schltr.) Venter. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. 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).
  3. Bullock, Arthur Allman. 1954. Kew Bulletin 1954: 362
Taxon identifiers
Ischnolepis natalensis
Petopentia natalensis
Pentopetia natalensis
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