Vincetoxicum anomalum

Vincetoxicum anomalum is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the island of Bioko and Cameroon in the west of Africa, and from Uganda to KwaZulu-Natal and the island of Mayotte in the east of Africa.^[1] It was first described by N. E. Brown in 1908 as Tylophora anomala.^[2]

Vincetoxicum anomalum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Vincetoxicum
Species:	V. anomalum
Binomial name
Vincetoxicum anomalum (N.E.Br.) Meve & Liede[1]
Synonyms[1]
Cynanchum chirindense S.Moore Cynanchum papillosum Weim. Tylophora anomala N.E.Br. Tylophora mayottae W.D.Stevens, Labat & F.Barthelat Tylophora urceolata Meve

Distribution

Vincetoxicum anomalum has a discontinuous distribution. In the west of Africa, it is native to the island of Bioko and to Cameroon. In the west of Africa, it is native to Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and to the island of Mayotte in the Mozambique Channel.^[1]

Conservation

Tylophora urceolata was assessed as "vulnerable" in the 2000 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to Bioko, Cameroon and Tanzania.^[3] As of February 2023^[update], T. urceolata was regarded as a synonym of Vincetoxicum anomalum, which has a wider distribution.^[1]