Periploca visciformis

Periploca visciformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Periplocoideae
Genus: Periploca
Species: Periploca visciformis

Name

Periploca visciformis (Vatke) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 216 (1895).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Leptadenia visciformis Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 26: 146 (1876).
• Homotypic
  • Socotora visciformis (Vatke) Bullock, Kew Bull. 10: 266 (1955).
• Heterotypic
  • Socotora aphylla Balf.f., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 77 (1883).
  • Leptadenia ephedriformis Deflers, Voy. Yemen: 166 (1889).
  • Periploca ephedriformis (Deflers) Schweinf. ex Deflers, Mém. Inst. Égypt. 3: 256 (1896).
  • Periploca visciformis var. glabra Browicz, Arbor. Kórnickie 11: 68 (1966).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schumann, K. 1895. Asclepiadaceae. Pp. 189–305. in Engler, A. & Prantl, K. (eds.), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, IV. Teil, Abteilung 2. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. 2004. Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago. 759 pp., The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. ISBN 1-87229-159-7 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Periploca visciformis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Periploca visciformis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 December 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Periploca visciformis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Periploca visciformis. Published online. Accessed: December 07 2022.

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