Photograph of a herbarium specimen of Camptocarpus sphenophyllus[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Genus:
Camptocarpus
Species:
C. sphenophyllus
Binomial name
Camptocarpus sphenophyllus
(Balf.f.) Venter
Synonyms[2]
Tanulepis sphenophylla Balf.f.
Camptocarpus sphenophyllus is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is endemic to the island of Rodrigues.[3] Isaac Bayley Balfour,[4] the naturalist who first formally described the species named it, using the synonym Tanulepis sphenophylla, after its wedge-shaped leaves (Latinized forms of Greek σφην-, sphen- and φύλλον, phúllon).[5][6]
^"Camptocarpus sphenophyllus (Balf. fil.) Venter". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
^"Camptocarpus sphenophyllus (Balf.f.) Venter". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
^"Isaac Bayley Balfour". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Ore. Newton Abbot: Timber Press David & Charles. ISBN 9780881926279.
^Balfour, I. Bayley (1877). "Aspects of the Phaenogamic Vegetation of Rodriguez, with Descriptions of new Plants from the lsland". The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 16 (1): 7–25.
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Camptocarpussphenophyllus is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is endemic to the island of Rodrigues. Isaac Bayley Balfour, the naturalist...