| Emicocarpus | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Eustegieae |
| Genus: | Emicocarpus K.Schum. & Schltr. |
| Species: | E. fissifolius |
| Binomial name | |
| Emicocarpus fissifolius K.Schum. & Schltr. | |
Emicocarpus is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1900. It contains only one known species, Emicocarpus fissifolius, native to tropical Africa.
References
- Matimele, H.A.; Raimondo, D.; Bandeira, S.; Burrows, J.E.; Darbyshire, I.; Massingue, A.O.; Timberlake, J. (2016). "Emicocarpus fissifolius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T85955108A85955412". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T85955108A85955412.en. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- Schumann, Karl Moritz & Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1900. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 29. (Beibl. 66): 21.
- Tropicos, Emicocarpus
- The International Plant Names Index
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Emicocarpus | |
| Emicocarpus fissifolius | |