Parapodium (plant)

Parapodium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Parapodium
E.Mey.
Type species
Parapodium costatum
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhombonema Schltr.

Parapodium is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838.[1][2][3][4] It is native to South Africa.[5]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Parapodium E.Mey". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Parapodium E.Mey". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  3. ↑ Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 221–2 in Latin
  4. ↑ Tropicos, genus Parapodium
  5. ↑ 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).