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Orbea schweinfurthii
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Banks of Zambezi River, about 10 km downstream from
bridge at Chirundu.
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| Synonyms: |
Angolluma schweinfurthii (A. Berger) Plowes Caralluma piaranthoides Oberm. Caralluma schweinfurthii A. Berger Ceropegia schweinfurthii (A. Berger) Bruyns Pachycymbium schweinfurthii (A. Berger) M.G. Gilbert |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small succulent with trailing prostrate to ascending stems, forming loose mats up to c. 1 m in diameter. Stems slender, up to 15 cm long, branching, green to reddish, mottled with purple-brown; tubercles widely spaced, 3-25 mm long ending in a conical tooth, arranged more or less into 4 rows along the stems. Inflorescences 1-4 around the apex of each stem Flowers 1-3(-8), developing in succession, sweetly scented. Sepals up to 3 mm long, ovate-lanceolate. Corolla 1-1.5 cm in diameter, densely papillate, pale grey green with maroon spots towards base outside, deep yellow with dark maroon spots inside; lobes c. 3.5 × 3 mm, spreading, ovate-deltate, reflexed at the tip. Corona c. 2 mm tall, 7 mm in diameter, pale yellow to cream speckled with purple; outer lobes horizontally spreading and fused to form a pentagonal disc-like structure; inner lobes c. 0.5 mm long, deltate, usually with 1-4 short apical teeth |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | schweinfurthii: named after Dr Georg August Schweinfurth (1836-1925), german botanical collector and taxonomist. |
| Habitat: | In mopane woodland under small bushes, sometimes in sandy soils but often in muddy or loamy areas near scattered pools of standing water. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bruyns, P.V. (2002). Monograph of Orbea and Ballyanthus (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae) Systematic Botany Monographs 63 Pages 33 - 37. (Includes a picture). Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia Strelitzia 34 SANBI, Pretoria, South Africa Page 121. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 171. As Pachycymbium schweinfurthii Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 213 - 214. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 116. (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. Plowes, D.C.H. (1993). The taxonomy of the Genera Pachycymbium Leach and Angolluma Munster (Stapelieae: Asclepiadaceae) Excelsa 16 Page 118. as Angolluma schweinfurthii (Includes a picture). |
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