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Synonyms: |
Raphionacme lanceolata Schinz var. latifolia N.E. Br. |
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Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial herb, up to 60 cm high, growing from a sub-spherical tuber, up to 35 cm in diameter. Stems up to 50 cm long, rarely longer, spreading horizontally, rarely erect, more or less densely velvety. Leaves opposite, mostly narrowly ovate-elliptic, ovate or obovate, 3-9 cm long, more or less densely velvety on both surfaces, sometimes dotted with reddish glands; petiole 2-10 mm long. Flowers in axillary, up to 15-flowered heads, more or less densely velvety. Corolla lobes spreading, oblong-ovate, c. 5 × 2 mm, mostly green, sometimes mauve, bluish or greenish-brown with mauve tips. Corona green to brownish or purplish-green; lobes simple, 4-8 mm long, with a deeply bifid apex. Fruit a single follicle, rarely paired, erect, narrowly ovoid, 5.5-11.5 cm long, tapering, finely velvety. |
Notes: | The specimens in the photographs apparently represent the first records from the Northern and Southern Divisions. |
Derivation of specific name: | |
Habitat: | In sandy, gravelly or rocky soils in grassy clearings in open woodland, often with Acacia or mopane. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 500 - 1500 m |
Flowering time: | Jan - Mar |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 19 November 2015 |
Literature: |
Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 40 - 41. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 29. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 198. Venter, H.J.T. (2009). A Taxonomic revision of Raphionacme (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae) South African Journal of Botany 75(2) Pages 318 - 320. |
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