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| Synonyms: |
Cryptolepis pendulina (Venter & D.V. Field) P.I. Forst |
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| Frequency: | Very rare |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A virgate shrub with pendulous branches. Leaves narrowly linear, 10-11 cm long. Flowers with corolla 9-10 mm long, white. Corona lobes in the sinuses between corolla lobes, 5 mm long, terete with a clavate apex. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | On a granite hill emerging from forest, growing together with Euphorbia ramulosa, E. decliviticola, sedges, grasses and Xerophyta sp. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from one collection in northern Mozambique |
| Mozambique distribution: | N |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 80. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 19 - 21. Venter, H.J.T. & Verhoeven, R.L. (1993). A Taxonomic Account of Stomatostemma (Periplocaceae) South African Journal of Botany 59(1) Pages 55 - 56. |
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