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Riocreuxia chrysochroma
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Chelinda area, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Chelinda area, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Chelinda area, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Chelinda area, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Chelinda area, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Penny English
Chelinda area, Nyika National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Ceropegia chrysochroma H.Huber |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Climber 1–3 m high, with pubescent twining stems; nodes with indistinct ring of short brownish hairs; latex clear. Leaves ovate or elliptic-ovate, 40–75 mm long, cordate at the base, sparsely pubescent to more or less hairless above, minutely velvety beneath, especially along veins; petiole 10–50 mm long, pubescent. Inflorescence of short, dichotomously branching, up to 10-flowered pseudoumbels with many flowers opening simultaneously. Pedicels 5–10 mm long, densely pubescent. Sepals linear-lanceolate, c 1.5–2 mm long, hairless except for some pubescence at the base. Corolla bell-shaped, 7–10 mm long, hairless throughout; tube 3–5.5 mm long and c. 4 mm wide in middle, mostly slightly longer than lobes; cream to whitish-yellow; lobes spreading, narrowly triangular, deep orange-red. |
| Notes: | Unusual in this genus for having flowers with short spreading corolla lobes. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Margins of montane forest |
| Altitude range: | 2100 - 2450 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Tanzania and northern Malawi. |
| Malawi distribution: | N |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| 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 22. as Riocreuxia chrysocoma 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. Goyder, D., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Apocynaceae (part 2) Flora of Tropical East Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 88 - 89. Masinde, P.S. (2005). A revision of the African genus Riocreuxia Decne. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae) Kew Bulletin 60(3) Pages 427 - 429. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Riocreuxia chrysochromaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Riocreuxia chrysochroma
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Riocreuxia chrysochroma
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Riocreuxia chrysochroma
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