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Ceropegia buchananii
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Luwawa, Viphya Plateau
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Luwawa, Viphya Plateau
Photo: Margaret Westrop
Luwawa, Viphya Plateau
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| Synonyms: |
Brachstelma buchananii N.E. Br. Brachystelma magicum N.E. Br. Brachystelma nauseosum De Wild. Brachystelma shirense Schltr. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect or procumbent perennial with annual stems, growing from a tuber. Leaves ovate-elliptic. Flowers terminal in a 20-30-flowered umbel. Corolla up to 25 mm in diameter, flat and wheel-shaped, blackish purple, hairless. Outer corona cup-shaped with 10 teeth; inner lobes oblong. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | buchananii: after John Buchanan (1855 – 1896), Scottish horticulturist, missionary, farmer and plant collector in Malawi, who became Acting British Consul to Central Africa. |
| Habitat: | Grassy areas in Brachystegia woodland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. |
| Botswana distribution: | SE |
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| Literature: |
Albers, F. & Meve, U. (eds.) (2002). Asclepiadaceae Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants Springer-Verlag Pages 23 - 24. (Includes a picture). Binns, B. (1968). A First Check List of the Herbaceous Flora of Malawi The Government Printer, Zomba, Malawi Page 20. Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. (2018). An account of Ceropegia sect. Chamaesiphon (Apocynaceae) in Moçambique with new records and two new species Phytotaxa 364(2) Pages 119 - 121. As Ceropegia buchananii Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 189. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 24. |
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