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Raphionacme grandiflora
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Past Masuma, Hwange NP
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Past Masuma, Hwange NP
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| Synonyms: |
Pentagonanthus grandiflorus (N.E. Br.) Bullock |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial herb, up to c. 30 cm tall, growing from a more or less depressed tuber, up to 12 cm in diameter. Milky latex present. Leaves very shortly petiolate, opposite, linear-lanceolate to narrowly obovate, up to 12 cm long, roughly hairy on both surfaces, veining prominent below; margin entire but wavy. Inflorescence a 2-7-flowered, terminal, pseudo-umbel. Corolla up to 3 cm in diameter, pale yellowish-green on the outside, bright to deep violet on the inside; lobes often strongly deflexed in older flowers, with margins recurved. Fruit often a single, erect follicle, linear-cylindrical, c. 17 × 1 cm, hairless. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | grandiflora: large flowered |
| Habitat: | In dry mixed woodland in sandy or rocky areas. |
| Altitude range: | 500 - 1750 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Ellert, A.F.N. (1997). A note on Pentagonanthus grandiflorus N.E. Br. subspecies glabrescens Bullock Excelsa 18 Page 190. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 42 - 44. (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 66. Venter, H.J.T. (2009). A Taxonomic revision of Raphionacme (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae) South African Journal of Botany 75(2) Pages 310 - 312. (Includes a picture). |
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