Cynanchum umtalense
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| Synonyms: |
Cynanchum sp. no. 1 (Goldsmith 1/62) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial climbing herb with milky sap. Leaves opposite, ovate, truncate at the base; apex with a long mucronate tip. Flowers in few-flowered axillary pseudo-umbels, reddish with a white corona. |
| Type location: |
Zimbabwe |
| Notes: | This species was newly described by Liede (1996) in in Annuals of Missouri Botanic Garden Vol. 83 page 283-345. |
| Derivation of specific name: | umtalense: of Umtali (old name for the city of Mutare in Eastern Zimbabwe). |
| Habitat: | In montane evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1200 - 2000 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi and Zimbabwe. |
| FZ divisions: | N,C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 18. As Cynanchum sp. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 344. Liede, S. (1996). A revision of Cynanchum in Africa Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 83 Pages 341 - 342. Protologue (Includes a picture). |
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