Strophanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, native mainly to tropical Africa with a few species in Asia. The name (strophos anthos, 'twisted cord flower') derives from the long twisted threadlike segments of the corolla.,,Benjamin Maund's The Botanist was a fivevolume series that introduced 250 new plants from 1836 to 1842. The series is notable for its many female artists: the plates were drawn by Maund's daughters Sara and Eliza, Augusta Withers, Priscilla Bury, Jane Taylor, Miss R. Mills among others. The other characteristic is partial colouring-many of the finely detailed copperplate engravings are left with part of the flower and leaves uncoloured.,,Illustration by Miss Maund.