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Asclepias stipitacea

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Identification
Asclepias stipitacea Forssk. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Sarcostemma viminale (L.) R. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by F.N. Hepper, J.R.I. Wood, D.U. Field, 1981
Related name
  • Asclepias stipitacea
  • Sarcostemma viminale

Flora

Entry for CYNANCHUM viminale (Forssk.) Meve & Liede subsp. stipitaceum [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
CYNANCHUM viminale (Forssk.) Meve & Liede subsp. stipitaceum [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (2005);
Asclepias stipitacea Forssk. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1775);. [type as above]
Sarcostemma stipitaceum (Forssk.) Schult. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1820);. [type as above]
Sarcostemma viminale (Forssk.) Meve & Liede subsp. stipitaceum [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 32 (1996). Fig. 109. [type as above]
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1–3
Altitude range
200–1530 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & al. 22470; Lavranos & Carter 24909, 24998.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
Kenya
Tanzania
South Africa
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Notes
Xaangeyo (Som.).Some plants from N3 and C1 are distinctive in their very thick and finely striate stems.The C. viminale complex falls into numerous closely related species and subspecies, only two of which have so far been confirmed from Somalia. Some specimens from C1, C2 and S1, such as Beckett 1750, Gillett & Beckett 23306, Gillett & al. 22458, and Thulin & al. 7529, with 4–6 mm thick stems, many-flowered inflorescences and almost white flowers may constitute a new subspecies or belong to one of the subspecies already described from elsewhere.

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