Biology:Cryptolepis sinensis

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Short description: Species of plant

Cryptolepis sinensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Cryptolepis
Species:
C. sinensis
Binomial name
Cryptolepis sinensis
(Lour.) Merr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Periploca chinensis (Lour.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Pergularia sinensis Lour.
  • Vallaris sinensis (Lour.) G.Don
  • Aganosma edithae Hance
  • Rottler ex Hook.f. (Hance) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Maxim.
  • Wall. ex G.Don Pierre ex Costantin
  • Wight Rottler ex Hook.f.
  • Spreng. Wall. ex G.Don
  • Cryptolepis laxiflora Cryptolepis sinensis var. ciliata
  • Nerium pauciflorum Streptocaulon chinense
  • Apocynum orixense Cryptolepis edithae
  • Cryptolepis elegans Cryptolepis elegans var. ciliata
  • Blume (Costantin) P.H.Hô
  • Roxb. ex Hook.f. (Spreng.) G.Don
  • Emericia sinensis Cryptolepis pauciflora
  • Echites pauciflorus Strophanthus divaricatus

Cryptolepis sinensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae.[1][2] It is native to Taiwan, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan) and southeast Asia (Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam).[3]

Cryptolepis sinensis is one of the food sources for the common crow (Euploea core), a common butterfly found in South Asia. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network – (GRIN) [Data from 07-Oct-06].

References

Data related to Cryptolepis sinensis at Wikispecies

Wikidata ☰ Q5190969 entry