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Parapodium (plant)

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Parapodium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Parapodium
E.Mey.
Type species
Parapodium costatum

Parapodium is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838.[1][2] It is native to South Africa.[3]

Species[4]
  1. Parapodium costatum E.Mey. - South Africa
  2. Parapodium crispum N.E.Br. - South Africa
  3. Parapodium simile N.E.Br. - South Africa

References

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  1. ^ Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 221–2 in Latin
  2. ^ Tropicos, genus Parapodium
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ The Plant List genus Parapodium