Crioceras dipladeniiflorus

Crioceras is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae first described as a species in 1897. It contains only one known species, Crioceras dipladeniiflorus, native to tropical central Africa (Gabon, Republic of Congo, and the Angolan province of Cabinda).[1][2][3]

For the prehistoric genus of ammonites, see Crioceras (cephalopod).

Crioceras dipladeniiflorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribe: Tabernaemontaninae
Genus: Crioceras
Pierre
Species:
C. dipladeniiflorus
Binomial name
Crioceras dipladeniiflorus
(Stapf) K.Schum.
Synonyms[1]
  • Tabernaemontana dipladeniiflora Stapf
  • Crioceras longiflorus Pierre

The type species is Crioceras longiflorus (syn of C. dipladeniiflorus) described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  3. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


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