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December 2024

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Vincetoxicum afrum (Meisn.) Kuntze

This species name was first published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 424 1891  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000421635.

Synonyms of Vincetoxicum afrum (Meisn.) Kuntze

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Sphaerocodon afer (Meisn.) Schltr. J. Bot. 33: 339 1895 wfo-0000431078
Sphaerocodon obtusifolium Benth. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 12: t. 1190 (1876) wfo-0000431079
Gongronema welwitschii K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 145 (1893) wfo-0000706352
Gymnema melananthum K.Schum. Kunene-Sambesi Exped. : 344 (1903) wfo-0000712252
Tylophora afra Meisn. London J. Bot. 2: 542 (err. typ. 442). 1843 wfo-0001102659
Sphaerocodon melananthus N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 412 (1903) wfo-0001103356
Sphaerocodon angolensis S.Moore J. Bot. 47: 219 (1909) wfo-0001103888