6747.000 Raphionacme
CHLOROCYATHUS Oliv.
PENTAGONANTHUS Bullock
Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020) Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2)
Venter, H.J.T. (2009) A Taxonomic revision of Raphionacme (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae) South African Journal of Botany 75(2) 292-350
Description of the genus
Geophytic suffrutescent herbs or sometimes climbers; latex white; root tuber turnip-shaped to cylindric; underground stems perennial; aerial stems annual, twining, erect or procumbent. Leaves simple, opposite, blades sometimes leathery. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, few- to many-flowered. Corolla tube campanulate to cylindric, inner face fluted; lobes ovate. Follicles paired or single. Seeds ovate with a ring of hairs. Worldwide: 36 species in Africa with one in Arabia. Mozambique: 13 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| chimanimania Venter & R.L. Verh. [NrEnd] | MS | Description, Image |
| flanaganii Schltr. | M | Description |
| galpinii Schltr. | ?M | |
| grandiflora (K. Schum.) N.E. Br. | Description, Image | |
| hirsuta (E. Mey.) R.A. Dyer | M? | |
| longifolia (K. Schum.) N.E. Br. | N,Z | Description, Image |
| lucens Venter & R.L.Verh. | M | |
| monteiroae (Oliv.) N.E. Br. | N,T,MS,M | Description, Image |
| procumbens Schltr. | M | Description, Image |
| pulchella Venter & R.L. Verh. [NrEnd] | MS | Description |
| splendens Schltr. subsp. splendens | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| utilis N.E. Br. & Stapf | MS | Description, Image |
| welwitschii Schltr. & Rendle | N | Description, Image |
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