Anisotoma Explained

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]

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/107123#page/336/mode/1up Fenzl, Eduard. 1844. Linnaea 17: 330-331
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40015313 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. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Anisotoma The Plant List, genus Anisotoma