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Asclepias flavida

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Identification
Asclepias flavida N.E.Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] Verified by Brown, N.E., Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) Aiton [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Gomphocarpus fruticosus
  • Asclepias flavida

Flora

Entry for GOMPHOCARPUS fruticosus (N.E. Br.) Goyder subsp. flavidus [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
GOMPHOCARPUS fruticosus (N.E. Br.) Goyder subsp. flavidus [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in Kew Bull. 51: 798 (1996);. type: N1, “Darsa, Golis Range”, Cole s.n. (K lecto.).
Asclepias flavida N.E. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1895);. type: N1, “Darsa, Golis Range”, Cole s.n. (K lecto.).
Information
Flowers strongly bicoloured – corolla yellow or greenish yellow; corona brown or purple.
Range
N1; S1
Altitude range
400–1800 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally 10241; Gillett 4047; Warfa & Yusuf 1137.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Sudan
northern districts of Uganda
northern districts of Kenya

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