6791.000 Asclepias
ODONTOSTELMA Rendle
TRACHYCALYMMA Bullock
Goyder, D.J. (2001) A revision of the tropical African genus Trachycalymma (K. Schum.) Bullock Kew Bulletin 56 129-161
Goyder, D.J. (2009) A synopsis of Asclepias (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in tropical Africa Kew Bulletin 64 369 - 399
Description of the genus
Shrubs or herbs, with milky latex. Leaves opposite or whorled; axils of leaves without bristles. Inflorescences erect, umbellate; flowers all opening ± simultaneously. Corolla with short tube, 5-lobed. Corona of 5 lobes, arising from near base of staminal column, flat with lateral margins folded forwards to form a cavity. Anthers 2-locular, appendaged. Follicles usually 1. Seeds with tuft of hairs. Derivation of name: named after Aesculapius, the ancient Greek god of medicine Worldwide: 100 species in North and Central America; some naturalised in the Old World Zimbabwe: 13 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| adscendens (Schltr.) Schltr. | E | |
| aurea (Schltr.) Schltr. | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| cucullata (Schltr.) Schltr. subsp. cucullata | N,E | Description, Image |
| cucullata (Schltr.) Schltr. subsp. scabrifolia (S. Moore) Goyder [NrEnd] | E | Description, Image |
| curassavica L. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| densiflora N.E. Br. | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| eminens (Harv.) Schltr. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| fimbriata Weim. [NrEnd?] [DD] | E | Description, Image |
| fulva N.E. Br. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| graminifolia (Wild) Goyder [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | E | Description, Image |
| minor (S. Moore) Goyder | C | |
| palustris (K. Schum.) Schltr. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| randii S. Moore | C,E,S | Description, Image |
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