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Parapodium (plant)

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Genus of orchids

Parapodium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Parapodium
E.Mey.
Type species
Parapodium costatum
E.Mey.

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

Species
  1. Parapodium costatum E.Mey. - South Africa
  2. Parapodium crispum N.E.Br. - South Africa
  3. Parapodium simile N.E.Br. - South Africa

References

  1. Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 221–2 in Latin
  2. Tropicos, genus Parapodium
  3. 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).
  4. The Plant List genus Parapodium
Taxon identifiers
Parapodium
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