Australluma ubomboensis (I. Verd.) Bruyns

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Synonyms:	Angolluma ubomboensis (Verdoorn) Plowes Caralluma ubomboensis I. Verd. Ceropegia ubomboensis (I. Verd.) Bruyns Orbea umomboensis (I. Verd.) Bruyns Pachycymbium ubomboensis (I. Verd.) M.G. Gilbert
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Status:	Native
Description:	Succulent perennial herb with dull green ascending stems up to c. 4 cm high forming small clumps 3-10 cm wide. Flowers 2-3 together at or near the tips of the stems, erect on pedicels 3-5 mm long. Corolla dark purple inside 9-12 mm in diameter; lobes ovate horizontally spreading or recurved, wrinkly-velvety inside. Corona dark purple c. 4 mm in diameter.
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Derivation of specific name:	ubomboensis: of the Ubombo (Lebombo) area in Eastern South Africa.
Habitat:	Usually on rocky outcrops, in crevices or hill sides, sometimes in wet seepage areas in shallow soils overlying rock or in leaf litter on sandy soils in dry woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	400 - 1400 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E,S
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Red data list status:	Data deficient
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Images last updated:	Saturday 25 July 2009
Literature:	Albers, F. & Meve, U. (eds.) (2002). Asclepiadaceae Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants Springer-Verlag Page 202. As Orbea umomboensis Bruyns, P.V. (2002). Monograph of Orbea and Ballyanthus (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae) Systematic Botany Monographs 63 Pages 37 - 40. as Orbea ubomboensis (Includes a picture). Bruyns, P.V. (2005). Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar Volume I Umdaus Press, Hatfield, South Africa Pages 63 - 65. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 26. As Pachycymbium ubomboense Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 178. As Pachycymbium ubomboense Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 229 - 230. (Includes a picture). 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. as Orbea ubomboensis Plowes, D.C.H. (1993). The taxonomy of the Genera Pachycymbium Leach and Angolluma Munster (Stapelieae: Asclepiadaceae) Excelsa 16 Pages 119 - 120. as Angolluma ubomboensis (Includes a picture). Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 586 - 587. as Pachycymbium ubomboense (Includes a picture).

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