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Internal ID UUID6440145846b91641965546
Scientific name Cryptolepis oblongifolia
Authority (Meisn.) Schltr.
First published in J. Bot. 34: 315 (1896)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Secamone acutifolia Sond. Linnaea 23: 76 (1850)
Cryptolepis buxifolia Chiov. Racc. Bot. : 80 (1935)
Cryptolepis debeerstii De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 5, 1: 180 (1904)
Cryptolepis elliotii Schltr. J. Bot. 33: 300 (1895)
Cryptolepis linearis N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 408 (1908)
Cryptolepis longiflora Regel Cat. Pl. Hort. Aksakov. : 43 (1860)
Cryptolepis nigritana (Benth.) N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 251 (1902)
Cryptolepis suffruticosa (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 251 (1902)
Cryptolepis welwitschii (Baill.) Schltr. J. Bot. 33: 301 (1895)
Ectadiopsis acutifolia Benth. Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(2): 741. 1876 [May 1876]
Ectadiopsis lanceolata Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 803 (1889)
Ectadiopsis myrtifolia Baill. Unknown Publ.
Ectadiopsis nigritana Benth. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 12: t. 1187 (1876)
Ectadiopsis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 1: 822 (1893)
Ectadiopsis scandens K.Schum. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 219 (1895)
Ectadiopsis suffruticosa K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 453 (1900)
Ectadiopsis welwitschii Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 803 (1889)
Ectadium oblongifolium Meisn. London J. Bot. 2: 542 (1843)
Cryptolepis welwitschii var. luteola Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 677. 1898
Ectadiopsis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(5, Beibl. 51): 10. 1895 [28 Jun 1895]
Cryptolepis myrtifolia (Baill.) Schltr. J. Bot. 33: 301 1895

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Mali
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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World Flora Online wfo-0000628372
Tropicos 2606221
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95943-1
The Plant List kew-2746397
Open Tree Of Life 178876
NCBI Taxonomy 141480
IPNI 95943-1
iNaturalist 507061
GBIF 7522717
Freebase /m/0yp331r
EOL 5336345
Wikipedia Cryptolepis_oblongifolia

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Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Medicinal plants used for the management of respiratory diseases in Zimbabwe: Review and perspectives potential management of COVID-19 Nyagumbo E, Pote W, Shopo B, Nyirenda T, Chagonda I, Mapaya RJ, Maunganidze F, Mavengere WN, Mawere C, Mutasa I, Kademeteme E, Maroyi A, Taderera T, Bhebhe M Phys Chem Earth (2002) 21-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9489988
doi:10.1016/j.pce.2022.103232
PMID:36161239
A Review of Plant-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Traditional Southern African Medicine Cock I, Mavuso N, Van Vuuren S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8346297
doi:10.1155/2021/7341124
PMID:34367307
First large-scale ethnobotanical survey in the province of Uíge, northern Angola Lautenschläger T, Monizi M, Pedro M, Mandombe JL, Bránquima MF, Heinze C, Neinhuis C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6060550
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0238-3
PMID:30045744
Phytoliths in woody plants from the Miombo woodlands of Mozambique Mercader J, Bennett T, Esselmont C, Simpson S, Walde D Ann Bot 09-May-2009
PMCID:PMC2706725
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp097
PMID:19429923

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