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Ceropegia circinata
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| Synonyms: |
Brachystelma bolusii N.E. Br. Brachystelma circinatum E. Mey. Brachystelma commixtum N.E. Br. Brachystelma filiforme Harv. Brachystelma galpinii (Schltr.) N.E. Br. Brachystelma ovatum Oliv. Brachystelma pallidum (Schltr.) N.E. Br. Dichaelia brachylepis Schltr. Dichaelia cinerea Schltr. Dichaelia circinata (E. Mey.) Schltr. Dichaelia galpinii Schltr. Dichaelia macra Schltr. Dichaelia microphylla S. Moore Dichaelia pallida Schltr. Dichaelia undulata Schltr. Dichaelia zeyheri Schltr. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb usually with a single branched stem, 7-30 cm high, growing from a discoid tuber up to 10 cm in diameter. Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate, linear to ovate, 5-20 mm long, pubescent above. Inflorescences axillary, 1-2-flowered, on pedicels 2-5 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, c. 1.5 mm long. Corolla 5-25 mm long with linear-subulate lobes, united at the tips forming a cage, white to reddish-brown. |
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| Habitat: | In shallow soils over granite or among trees and shrubs in Kalahari sand. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, (Doubtful) Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | SE |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Albers, F. & Meve, U. (eds.) (2002). Asclepiadaceae Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants Springer-Verlag Page 26. 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 121 - 123. As Ceropegia circinata (Includes a picture). Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 162 - 163. (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 20. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 25. |
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