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Cryptolepis dubia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Periplocoideae
Genus:	Cryptolepis R.Br., On Asclepiad. 58. 3 Apr 1810.
Type species
Cryptolepis buchananii R.Br. exRoem. &Schult.
Species
See text
Synonyms
CochlanthusBalf.f., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 78. 1883. CurroriaPlanch. ex Benth. EctadiopsisBenth., in Bentham et J. D. Hooker, Gen. 2: 741. Mai 1876. LepistomaBlume, Fl. Javae (Praef.) vii. 5 Aug 1828. LeposmaBlume, Bijdr. 1049. Oct 1826-Nov 1827. MangenotiaPichon, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 101: 246. post 25 Jun 1954. MitolepisBalf.f., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 78. 1883. SocotranthusKuntze in Post et O. Kuntze, Lex. 523. Dec 1903. Stomatostemma (possible synonym)N.E.Br. in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Africa 4(1): 252. Dec 1902.

Cryptolepis is a plant genus in the familyApocynaceae. It includes some 42 species.^[1]

• Cryptolepis africana(Bullock) Venter & R.L.Verh.
• Cryptolepis albicansJum. & H.Perrier
• Cryptolepis angolensisWelw. ex Hiern
• Cryptolepis apiculataK.Schum.
• Cryptolepis arbuscula(Radcl.-Sm.) Venter
• Cryptolepis baumiiN.E.Br.
• Cryptolepis brazzaeiBaill.
• Cryptolepis buchanani
• Cryptolepis buxifoliaChiov.
• Cryptolepis capensisSchltr.
• Cryptolepis cryptolepioides(Schltr.) Bullock
• Cryptolepis decidua(Planch. exBenth.)N.E.Br.
• Cryptolepis delagoensisSchltr.
• Cryptolepis dubia(Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida
• Cryptolepis hypoglauca
• Cryptolepis oblongifolia(Meisn.) Schltr.
• Cryptolepis obtusa
• Cryptolepis ruspoliiChiov.
• Cryptolepis sanguinolenta(Lindl.) Schltr.
• Cryptolepis sinensis(Lour.) Merr.
• Cryptolepis sizenandiiRolfe
• Cryptolepis socotrana(Balf.f.) Venter
• Cryptolepis somaliensisVenter & Thulin
• Cryptolepis stefianiniiChiov.
• Cryptolepis suffruticosaN.E.Br.
• Cryptolepis triangularis
• Cryptolepis volubilis(Balf.f.) O.Schwartz
• Cryptolepis welwitschiiHiern
• Cryptolepis yemenensisVenter & R.L.Verh.

• C. buchananii, a synonym forC. dubia(Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida
• C. elegans, a synonym forC. sinensis(Lour.) Merr.
• C. edithae, a synonym forC. sinensis(Lour.) Merr.

• Farr, E. R. and Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Aug 24 [1].
• Flora of China (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Aug 21 [2].
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. [3] (25 August 2009)

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