Alsodeiopsis Oliver is a genus of plants in the family Icacinaceae native to tropical Africa. There are about 11 species. Seventeen species names have been published in Alsodeiopsis,[1] but many of these are synonyms. The type species, Alsodeiopsis mannii was named by Daniel Oliver in 1869.[2]

Alsodeiopsis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Icacinales
Family: Icacinaceae
Genus: Alsodeiopsis
Oliver

Alsodeiopsis zenkeri is a rheophyte.[3]

Species

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  1. Alsodeiopsis chippii Hutch., Accepted
  2. Alsodeiopsis chippii subsp. rubra (Engl.) Govaerts, Accepted
  3. Alsodeiopsis chippii subsp. villosa (Keay) Govaerts , Accepted
  4. Alsodeiopsis mannii Oliv., Accepted
  5. Alsodeiopsis poggei Engl., Accepted
  6. Alsodeiopsis rowlandii Engl., Accepted
  7. Alsodeiopsis schumannii (Engl.) Engl., Accepted
  8. Alsodeiopsis staudtii Engl., Accepted
  9. Alsodeiopsis tessmannii Engl., Accepted
  10. Alsodeiopsis zenkeri Engl., Accepted
  11. Alsodeiopsis laurentii De Wild., Unresolved
  12. Alsodeiopsis weissenborriana Bramw. & Schumann, Unresolved
Synonyms:
  1. Alsodeiopsis bequaertii De Wild. = Alsodeiopsis rowlandii Engl.
  2. Alsodeiopsis glaberrima Engl. ex Hutch. & Dalziel = Olax gambecola Baill.
  3. Alsodeiopsis holstii Engl. = Leptaulus holstii (Engl.) Engl.
  4. Alsodeiopsis oblongifolia Engl. = Desmostachys oblongifolius (Engl.) Villiers
  5. Alsodeiopsis rubra Engl. = Alsodeiopsis chippii subsp. rubra (Engl.) Govaerts
  6. Alsodeiopsis villosa Keay = Alsodeiopsis chippii subsp. villosa (Keay) Govaerts
  7. Alsodeiopsis weissenborniana J.Braun & K.Schum. = Alsodeiopsis mannii Oliv.

References

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  1. ^ The International Plant Names Index. (see External links below).
  2. ^ Daniel Oliver. 1869. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 10:43.
  3. ^ David J. Mabberley. 2008. Mabberley's Plant-Book third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK.
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