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Rhyssolobium

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Rhyssolobium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Marsdenieae
Genus: Rhyssolobium
E.Mey.
Species:
R. dumosum
Binomial name
Rhyssolobium dumosum
Synonyms[1]

Astephanus dumosus (E.Mey.) D.Dietr.

Rhyssolobium is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838.[2][3][1][4] It contains only one known species, Rhyssolobium dumosum, endemic to South Africa.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Tropicos, genus Rhyssolobium
  2. ^ "Rhyssolobium E.Mey". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  3. ^ "Rhyssolobium E.Mey". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  4. ^ Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 217. in Latin
  5. ^ 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).