Orbea variegata (L.) Haw.

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Orbea variegata

Photo: Martin Heigan

Orbea variegata

Photo: Martin Heigan

Orbea variegata

Photo: Martin Heigan

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Status: Doubtfully recorded in Zimbabwe as a naturalized escape??
Description:
Notes: Introduced? Since marked with an asterisk in Goyder (2007).
Derivation of specific name: variegata: irregularly coloured, blotched
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Worldwide distribution: Native in South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: W
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Content last updated: Wednesday 11 February 2009
Literature:

Bruyns, P.V. (2002). Monograph of Orbea and Ballyanthus (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae) Systematic Botany Monographs 63 Pages 170 - 174. (Includes a picture).


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Other sources of information about Orbea variegata:

African Plant Database: Orbea variegata
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Orbea variegata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Orbea variegata
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Orbea variegata
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Orbea variegata
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Orbea variegata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Orbea variegata
JSTOR Plant Science: Orbea variegata
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Orbea variegata
Tropicos: Orbea variegata
West African Plants database: Orbea variegata


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Orbea variegata.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=146660, retrieved 24 May 2013

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