Apodostigma

Apodostigma pallens is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Celastraceae. It is a liana native to tropical Africa and Madagascar. It grows from 5 to 15 meters tall, with green to yellow-cream flowers.^[1] It is the sole species in genus Apodostigma.^[2]

Apodostigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Celastrales
Family:	Celastraceae
Genus:	Apodostigma R.Wilczek (1956)
Species:	A. pallens
Binomial name
Apodostigma pallens (Planch. ex Oliv.) R.Wilczek (1956)
Varieties[1]
Apodostigma pallens var. buchholzii (Loes.) N.Hallé Apodostigma pallens var. dummeri N.Hallé Apodostigma pallens var. pallens
Synonyms[1]
Hippocratea pallens Planch. ex Oliv. (1868)

Three varieties are recognized:^[1]

• Apodostigma pallens var. buchholzii (Loes.) N.Hallé – western and west-central tropical Africa, from Côte d'Ivoire to Angola
• Apodostigma pallens var. dummeri N.Hallé – central Africa, from Cameroon and Gabon to Uganda
• Apodostigma pallens var. pallens – tropical Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia, Angola, Mozambique, and Madagascar