| Name | Scytanthus Hooker |
| Authorship | Hooker |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | LaterHomonym |
| Placed in | Asclepiadaceae |
| Remarks | later homonym (non Skytanthus Meyen 1834); Type: S. gordonii (Masson) W. J. Hooker (Stapelia gordonii Masson); nom. syn. of Hoodia Sweet ex Decaisne (1844). |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329938-2 |
| Citation | Jan 1844 Hooker's Icon. Pl. 605, 625 |