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| Synonyms: |
Caralluma australis Nel Caralluma leendertziae N.E. Br. Caralluma melanantha (Schltr.) N.E. Br. Caralluma melanantha (Schltr.) N.E. Br. var. sousae Gomes& Sousa Caralluma rubiginosa Werderm. Ceropegia melanantha (Schltr.) Bruyns Orbeopsis karibensis Plowes Orbeopsis melanantha (Schltr.) L.C. Leach Orbeopsis rubra Plowes Orbeopsis sousae (Gomes & Sousa) Plowes Stapelia furcata N.E. Br. Stapelia melanantha Schltr. |
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| Status: | Native |
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| Habitat: | In sandy soils in Acacia or Brachystegia woodland, sometimes in stony ground or in shallow soils over granite. |
| Altitude range: | 50 - 500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 120. (Includes a picture). Bruyns, P.V. (2002). Monograph of Orbea and Ballyanthus (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae) Systematic Botany Monographs 63 Pages 106 - 108. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 26. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 216 - 217. |
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