6747.000 Raphionacme Harv.
CHLOROCYATHUS Oliv.
PENTAGONANTHUS Bullock
Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020)
Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2)
Venter, H.J.T. (2009)
A Taxonomic revision of Raphionacme (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae) South African Journal of Botany 75(2) 292-350
Description of the genus
Geophytic suffrutescent herbs or sometimes climbers; latex white; root tuber turnip-shaped to cylindric; underground stems perennial; aerial stems annual, twining, erect or procumbent. Leaves simple, opposite, blades sometimes leathery. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, few- to many-flowered. Corolla tube campanulate to cylindric, inner face fluted; lobes ovate. Follicles paired or single. Seeds ovate with a ring of hairs. Worldwide: 36 species in Africa with one in Arabia. Botswana: 5 taxa. |
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
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