Ceropegia filifolia
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Namaacha district, Maputo province.
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| Synonyms: |
Brachystelma filifolium (N.E. Br.) Peckover Macropetalum filifolium Schltr. Tenaris filifolia N.E. Br. |
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| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb growing from a depressed-globose tuber, 3-4 cm in diameter. Stems wiry up to 75 cm tall, mostly erect but often drooping apically, hairless. Leaves opposite, sessile, narrowly linear, 3-8 cm long, mostly ascending. Flowers sessile or shortly pedunculate, 1-2 together, together often forming branched racemose inflorescences. Corolla lobes filiform, c .8 mm long from a pinkish, ovate base; corona greenish-purple, hairless. Flowers inconspicuous but very sweetly fragrant. |
| Type location: |
Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | filifolium filiform, needle-like, referring to the very narrowly linear, grass-like leaves. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Mozambique, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 7 February 2017 |
| Literature: |
Albers, F. & Meve, U. (eds.) (2002). Asclepiadaceae Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants Springer-Verlag Page 29. as Brachystelma filifolium Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 160 - 162. (Includes a picture). |
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