Anisotoma is a genus of flowering plants formerly belonging to the plant family Asclepiadaceae, now considered to be part of the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.[1][2] They are native to South Africa[3]

Anisotoma
Colour photograph of Anisotoma pedunculata, with green leaves and small orange flowers
Anisotoma pedunculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus: Anisotoma
Fenzl
Type species
Anisotoma cordifolia
Species[4]
  1. Anisotoma cordifolia Fenzl - South Africa
  2. Anisotoma pedunculata N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
Formerly included, transferred to Brachystelma[4]

Anisotoma arnottii (Baker) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. synonym of Brachystelma arnottii Baker

References

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  1. ^ Fenzl, Eduard. 1844. Linnaea 17: 330-331 in Latin
  2. ^ Tropicos, genus Anisotoma
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ a b The Plant List, genus Anisotoma