Cryptolepis apiculata K. Schum.

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Status: Native
Description:
Type location:
Tanzania
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: apiculata: with a short sharp point (apiculate)
Habitat: Lowland forest and shrubby thickets in grassland.
Altitude range: Up to 750 m
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Worldwide distribution: DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): S
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Growth form(s): Climber, shrub over 2 m.
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Literature:

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 270.

Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 13.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 66.

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Flora of Mozambique: Cryptolepis apiculata
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cryptolepis apiculata

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cryptolepis apiculata
African Plant Database: Cryptolepis apiculata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cryptolepis apiculata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cryptolepis apiculata
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cryptolepis apiculata
JSTOR Plant Science: Cryptolepis apiculata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cryptolepis apiculata
Plants of the World Online: Cryptolepis apiculata
Tropicos: Cryptolepis apiculata
Wikipedia: Cryptolepis apiculata


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Cryptolepis apiculata.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=145280, retrieved 29 March 2024

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