Ischnolepis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|taxon = Ischnolepis

|authority = Jum. & H.Perrier

| synonyms = Petopentia {{small|Bullock (1954)}}

| synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3445-1 Ischnolepis Jum. & H.Perrier]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

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Ischnolepis is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1909.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50179315 Tropicos, genus Ischnolepis ][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14902607#page/69/mode/1up Jumelle, Henri Lucien & Perrier de la Bâthie, Joseph Marie Henry Alfred. 1909. Revue Générale de Botanique 21: 52-53. ] description in Latin, discussion in FrenchSchatz, G. E., S. Andriambololonera, Andrianarivelo, M. W. Callmander, Faranirina, P. P. Lowry, P. B. Phillipson, Rabarimanarivo, J. I. Raharilala, Rajaonary, Rakotonirina, R. H. Ramananjanahary, B. Ramandimbisoa, A. Randrianasolo, N. Ravololomanana, Z.S. Rogers, C.M. Taylor & G. A. Wahlert. 2011. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical GardenVenter, H. J. T. & R. L. Verhoeven. 1997. A tribal classification of the Periplocoideae (Apocynaceae). Taxon 46: 705–720.

It contains two species:

• Ischnolepis graminifolia {{small|(Costantin & Gallaud) Klack.}} – Madagascar
• Ischnolepis natalensis {{small|(Schltr.) Venter}} – South Africa