| Synonyms: |
Asclepias modesta N.E. Br. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
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| Type location: |
DRC |
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| Habitat: | Brachystegia woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1100 - 2000 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Benin, Congo, Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Angola. |
| FZ divisions: | N |
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| 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 19. as Asclepias modesta and probably also in error as Trachycalymma pulchellum Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 75. as Trachycalymma foliosum Goyder, D.J. (2001). A revision of the tropical African genus Trachycalymma (K. Schum.) Bullock Kew Bulletin 56 Pages 153 - 156. as Trachycalymma foliosa (Includes a picture). Goyder, D.J. (2009). A synopsis of Asclepias (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in tropical Africa Kew Bulletin 64 Page 384. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 271 - 272. |