Biology:Vincetoxicum anomalum

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Short description: Species of plant

Vincetoxicum anomalum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Vincetoxicum
Species:
V. anomalum
Binomial name
Vincetoxicum anomalum
(N.E.Br.) Meve & Liede[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Tylophora mayottae Cynanchum chirindense
  • S.Moore Weim.
  • W.D.Stevens, Labat & F.Barthelat Tylophora urceolata
  • Tylophora anomala Meve
  • Cynanchum papillosum N.E.Br.

Vincetoxicum anomalum is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the island of Bioko and Cameroon in the west of Africa, and from Uganda to KwaZulu-Natal and the island of Mayotte in the east of Africa.[1] It was first described by N. E. Brown in 1908 as Tylophora anomala.[2]

Distribution

Vincetoxicum anomalum has a discontinuous distribution. In the west of Africa, it is native to the island of Bioko and to Cameroon. In the west of Africa, it is native to Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and to the island of Mayotte in the Mozambique Channel.[1]

Conservation

Tylophora urceolata was assessed as "vulnerable" in the 2000 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to Bioko, Cameroon and Tanzania.[3] (As of February 2023), T. urceolata was regarded as a synonym of Vincetoxicum anomalum, which has a wider distribution.[1]

References

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