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Orbea valida
valida
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Lupane District, Western side.
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| Synonyms: |
Caralluma valida N.E. Br. Ceropegia valida (N.E.Br.) Bruyns Orbeopsis valida (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Succulent perennial forming clumps up to 1 m in diameter. Stems decumbent, 40-200 mm long, grey-green marbled with reddish purple, often rooting when touching the ground. Inflorescence 1-3 on the younger stems at the base to near the apex, with 20-40 foul smelling flowers. Pedicels 10-15 mm long. Sepals 8-9 mm long bent outwards at the tips. Corolla dark purple-maroon c. 6 cm in diameter with a rough papillate surface; 2-6 mm long, somewhat thickened at the mouth; lobes ovate-lanceolate, 15-20 mm and 5-9 mm wide at the base, with scattered cilia along the margins. |
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| Habitat: | In dry open woodland, often in mopane. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W |
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| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 31 July 2014 |
| Literature: |
Albers, F. & Meve, U. (eds.) (2002). Asclepiadaceae Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants Springer-Verlag Pages 202 - 203. Bruyns, P.V. (2002). Monograph of Orbea and Ballyanthus (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae) Systematic Botany Monographs 63 Pages 126 - 128. (Includes a picture). Bruyns, P.V. (2005). Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar Volume I Umdaus Press, Hatfield, South Africa Pages 277 - 279. (Includes a picture). Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia Strelitzia 34 SANBI, Pretoria, South Africa Page 122. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 162. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 220 - 221. Leach, L.C. (1978). A contribution towards a new classification of Stapelieae (Asclepiadaceae) with a preliminary review of Orbea Haw. and descriptions of three new genera Excelsa Taxonomic Series No. 1 Aloe, Cactus and Succulent Society of Zimbabwe Page 67. As Orbeopsis valida 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 21. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 26. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 28. as Orbea valida |
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