DESMIDORCHIS speciosa (N.E. Br.) Plowes [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert (Ceropegia), D. Goyder (Calotropis, Conomitra, Glossonema, Gomphocarpus, Leptadenia, Marsdenia, Odontanthera, Oxystelma, Pentatropis, Pergularia, Secamone, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora), J. Lavranos (Ballyanthus, Caralluma, Desmidorchis, Duvalia, Echidnopsis, Edithcolea, Huernia, Orbea, Pseudolithos, Pseudopectinaria, Rhytidocaulon, Sanguilluma, Whitesloanea), S. Liede-Schumann (Blyttia, Calciphila, Cynanchum, Goydera, Pentarrhinum, Pleurostelma, Schizostephanus), M. Thulin (Acokanthera, Adenium, Ancylobotrys, Carissa, Catharanthus, Cryptostegia, Ephippiocarpa, Hunteria, Landolphia, Nerium, Plumeria, Saba, Strophanthus, Tabernaemontana, Thevetia, Wrightia), and J. Venter (Buckollia, Cryptolepis, Periploca, Raphionacme, Schlechterella, Tacazzea). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
DESMIDORCHIS speciosa (N.E. Br.) Plowes [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1995);. type: S2; “Brava” near Mogadishu, Kirk s.n. (K holo.). Fig. 124C.
Sarcocodon speciosus N.E. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1878);. type: S2; “Brava” near Mogadishu, Kirk s.n. (K holo.). Fig. 124C.
Caralluma speciosa (N.E. Br.) N.E. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1892);
Caralluma oxyodonta Chiov. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1932);. type: S3; near “Afmadu”, Gorini 3 (FT holo.).
Information
Plants forming large groups, 20–35 cm tall; stems 25–35 mm wide, erect or ascending, adventitiouslyrooting, olive- to greyish-green, margins soon hardened into a light brown callus and with short, hard teeth. Flowers in large many-flowered terminal umbel-like inflorescences; pedicels up to 20 mm long. Corolla deeply campanulate, c. 30 mm long and 32 mm wide, smooth; tube 25–27 mm long, yellow inside; lobes triangular, purplish black, ascending or spreading, with numerous versatile, club-shaped hairs along margins. Corona yellow, glabrous; outer lobes each with 2 thin, erect horns.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S2, 3
Altitude range
25–1800 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & Hemming 24459; Lavranos & Horwood 10346, 10425.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Sudan
Tanzania
Kenya
Uganda
DESMIDORCHIS speciosa (N.E. Br.) Plowes [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
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