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Status: | Native |
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Slender, erect perennial herb with annual unbranched stems up to 60 cm tall. Milky latex present. Leaves opposite, very narrowly linear, 1.6-5 cm long. Flowers axillary, 1-4 per node, whitish or yellowish-green with corolla lobes tinged brownish to purple, spreading c. 4 mm long, hairless. Corona with square-shouldered basal lobes and along and narrow. erect apical appendage. Fruit often developed c. 4 cm long, pubescent. |
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Habitat: | Montane grassland |
Altitude range: (metres) | 900 - 1950 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Apparently only known from the Chimanimani Mts in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 13 August 2015 |
Literature: |
Albers, F. & Meve, U. (eds.) (2002). Asclepiadaceae Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants Springer-Verlag Page 14. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 80. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 250 - 251. Kupicha, F.K. (1984). Studies on African Asclepiadaceae Kew Bulletin 38 Page 643. Protologue Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 19. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 88. |
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