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Synonyms: |
Ceropegia burchellii (K. Schum.) Huber subsp. profusa (N.E.Br.) Huber Ceropegia burchellii (K. Schum.) H. Huber Riocreuxia burchellii K. Schum. Riocreuxia flanaganii Schltr. subsp. segregata R.A. Dyer Riocreuxia profusa N.E. Br. |
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Description: | Strong climber or liane. Stems with clear latex. Leaves opposite, heart-shaped. Flowers in many-flowered branched heads. Corolla with a white tube and yellow to pale orange slender lobes, united at the apices, forming a cage. | |
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Derivation of specific name: | polyantha: many-flowered | |
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Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa. | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
Literature: |
Binns, B. (1968). A First Check List of the Herbaceous Flora of Malawi The Government Printer, Zomba, Malawi Page 20. as Ceropegia burchellii subsp. profusa, Riocreuxia burchellii and R. profusa Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 73. as Riocreuxia profusa (Includes a picture). Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 86 - 88. (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 22. as Riocreuxia profusa Masinde, P.S. (2005). A revision of the African genus Riocreuxia Decne. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae) Kew Bulletin 60(3) Pages 412 - 415. (Includes a picture). |
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