Anisotoma

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Anisotominae
Genus: Anisotoma
Species: A. cordifolia – A. pedunculata
Name

Anisotoma Fenzl, Linnaea 17: 330 (1843)

Type species: Anisotoma cordifolia Fenzl, Linnaea 17: 331 (1843)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Anisotomaria C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 533 (1845)
Lophostephus Harv., Thes. Cap. 2: 9 (1863)

References

Fenzl, E. 1843. Linnaea 17: 330.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Anisotoma in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Anisotoma. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 22 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Anisotoma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 22.

Anisotoma is a genus of flowering plants formerly belonging to the plant family Asclepiadaceae, now considered to be part of the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.[1][2] They are native to South Africa[3]

Species[4]

Anisotoma cordifolia Fenzl - South Africa
Anisotoma pedunculata N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal

formerly included, transferred to Brachystelma[4]

Anisotoma arnottii (Baker) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. synonym of Brachystelma arnottii Baker
References

Fenzl, Eduard. 1844. Linnaea 17: 330-331 in Latin
Tropicos, genus Anisotoma
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).
The Plant List, genus Anisotoma