Cryptolepis (plant)

For other uses, see Cryptolepis.

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

Milk ropes
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. ex Roem. & Schult.
Species
See text
Synonyms
Cochlanthus Balf.f., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 78. 1883. Curroria Planch. ex Benth. Ectadiopsis Benth., in Bentham et J. D. Hooker, Gen. 2: 741. Mai 1876. Lepistoma Blume, Fl. Javae (Praef.) vii. 5 Aug 1828. Leposma Blume, Bijdr. 1049. Oct 1826-Nov 1827. Mangenotia Pichon, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 101: 246. post 25 Jun 1954. Mitolepis Balf.f., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 78. 1883. Socotranthus Kuntze 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.

Selected species

• Cryptolepis africana (Bullock) Venter & R.L.Verh.
• Cryptolepis albicans Jum. & H.Perrier
• Cryptolepis angolensis Welw. ex Hiern
• Cryptolepis apiculata K.Schum.
• Cryptolepis arbuscula (Radcl.-Sm.) Venter
• Cryptolepis baumii N.E.Br.
• Cryptolepis brazzaei Baill.
• Cryptolepis buchanani
• Cryptolepis buxifolia Chiov.
• Cryptolepis capensis Schltr.
• Cryptolepis cryptolepioides (Schltr.) Bullock
• Cryptolepis decidua (Planch. ex Benth.) N.E.Br.
• Cryptolepis delagoensis Schltr.
• Cryptolepis dubia (Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida
• Cryptolepis hypoglauca
• Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr.
• Cryptolepis obtusa
• Cryptolepis ruspolii Chiov.
• Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schltr.
• Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr.
• Cryptolepis sizenandii Rolfe
• Cryptolepis socotrana (Balf.f.) Venter
• Cryptolepis somaliensis Venter & Thulin
• Cryptolepis stefianinii Chiov.
• Cryptolepis suffruticosa N.E.Br.
• Cryptolepis triangularis
• Cryptolepis volubilis (Balf.f.) O.Schwartz
• Cryptolepis welwitschii Hiern
• Cryptolepis yemenensis Venter & R.L.Verh.

Excluded or synonymous taxa

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