6834.000 Cynanchum L.
SARCOSTEMMA R. Br.
Goyder, D.J. (2007)
Zimbabwean Asclepiadaceae. Unpublished list.
Liede, S. (1996)
A revision of Cynanchum in Africa Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 83 283-345
Liede, S. & Täuber, A. (2002)
Circumscription of the Genus Cynanchum (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) Systematic Botany 27(4) 789-800
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs, sometimes leafless; latex usually white. Leaves simple, opposite. Corolla fused basally. Gynostegial corona in one or two whorls. Follicles generally single. Seeds flattened, sometimes winged, with a tuft of white hairs. Zimbabwe: 7 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
gerrardii (Harv.) Liede | N,W,S | Description, Image |
mossambicense K. Schum. | N,S | Description, Image |
orangeanum (Schltr.) N.E. Br. | ? | Description |
praecox S. Moore | N,C | Description, Image |
schistoglossum Schltr. | W,?S | Description, Image |
umtalense Liede | E | Description, Image |
viminale (L.) L. subsp. viminale | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2022).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Cynanchum. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1144, retrieved 26 May 2022
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