6688.000 Strophanthus DC.

Description of the genus

Lianes or climbing shrubs, with clear, white or yellow latex. Leaves opposite and decussate or ternate (rarely in whorls of 4). Inflorescences 1-many-flowered cymes, terminal or in the forks of branches. Corolla colour shades of white and red initially, later turning yellow and purple. Corolla consisting of tube, corona and lobes; the corona 10-lobed with lobes arranged in pairs between the corolla lobes; the lobes produced into long linear tails (in ours), overlapping to the right. Anthers connivent into a cone at the apex of the style. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit of 2 divergent, rigid or woody, tapering follicles. Seeds beaked with an apical tuft of hairs.

Worldwide: 38 species in the Old World tropics

Zimbabwe: 6 taxa.

Strophanthus kombe

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
amboensis (Schinz) Engl. & PaxDescription
courmontii Sacleux ex Franch.[VU]N,EDescription, Image
kombe Oliv.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
nicholsonii Holmes[LR-lc]N,W,C,EDescription
petersianus KlotzschN,W,E,SDescription, Image
speciosus (Ward & Harv.) ReberC,EDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Strophanthus:

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Flora of Botswana: Strophanthus
Flora of Burundi: Strophanthus
Flora of Caprivi: Strophanthus
Flora of the DRC: Strophanthus
Flora of Malawi: Strophanthus
Flora of Mozambique: Strophanthus
Flora of Zambia: Strophanthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Strophanthus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Strophanthus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Strophanthus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Strophanthus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Strophanthus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Strophanthus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Strophanthus
JSTOR Plant Science: Strophanthus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Strophanthus
Plants of the World Online: Strophanthus
Tropicos: Strophanthus
Wikipedia: Strophanthus

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Strophanthus.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1121, retrieved 11 December 2024

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