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Asclepias schweinfurthii

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Identification
Asclepias schweinfurthii N.E.Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] Verified by Milne-Redhead, Pachycarpus lineolatus (Decne.) Bullock [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Goyder, D.J., Asclepias conspicua N.E.Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] Verified by Brown, N.E.,
Related name
  • Gomphocarpus unrecorded
  • Asclepias schweinfurthii
  • Asclepias conspicua
  • Pachycarpus lineolatus

Flora

Entry for Pachycarpus schweinfurthii (N. E. Br.) Bullock [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Pachycarpus schweinfurthii (N. E. Br.) Bullock [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], l.c. 330 (1953).
Asclepias schweinfurthii N. E. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1895: 253; F.T.A. 4, 1: 323.
Information
A hispid hairy perennial very similar to the preceding, but the follicles fusiform, not inflated;savanna.
Habitat
savanna.
Range
Widely distributed in the savanna of tropical Africa.
Distribution
N. Nig.: Mando F.R., Birnin Gwari Dist. (June) Keay FHI 25837![Br.] Cam.: Nchan, 5,000 ft., Bamenda (fr. May) Maitland 1521! Ngong, Bamenda (June) Maitland 1746! Nguroje, Mamblla Plateau (Jan.) Hepper 2819!
Notes
  [A specimen collected by T. D. Maitland (No. 1437) at Bamenda in May 1931 may represent a third species for our area.]

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