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Identification
Asclepias integra N.E.Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] Verified by Goyder,D.J., Gomphocarpus integer (N.E.Br.) Bullock [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Asclepias integra
  • Gomphocarpus fruticosus
  • Asclepias litocarpa
  • Gomphocarpus integer
  • Asclepias negrii

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Entry for GOMPHOCARPUS integer (N.E. Br.) Bullock [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 integer (N.E. Br.) Bullock [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1952);. type: N1, “Golis” Range, Lort Phillips s.n. (K lecto., P isolecto.). Fig. 100.
Asclepias integra N.E. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1895);. type: N1, “Golis” Range, Lort Phillips s.n. (K lecto., P isolecto.). Fig. 100.
Asclepias negrii Chiov. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1912).
Asclepias litocarpa Chiov. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1939).
Information
Stems 0.5–2.5 m tall, erect, much branched from base, slender and flexible, particularly above, tomentose above. Leaves with blade 3–10(–16) x 0.1–0.2 cm, narrowly linear, apex acute, mucronate. Inflorescences with 4–8(–12) flowers; peduncles 0.5–1.5 cm long; pedicels 1.5–2.5 cm long. Sepals 2–­2.5 x 1–2 mm, ovate, acute. Corolla reflexed, white, cream or green, frequently tinged pink outside; lobes 5–9 x 3–6 mm, ovate, subacute. Corona-lobes white or green flushed with purple, (3–)4–7 x 1.5­–3(–4) mm, overtopping the column by (1–)2–3(–4) mm, oblong, rounded or truncate, entire, lacking any form of tooth on either the margins or within the cavity. Follicle 4–7 x 1–2 cm, subglobose at the base, narrowing abruptly into an attenuate beak, glabrous to tomentose, usually smooth but occasionally with pubescent filiform processes.
Range
N1–3
Altitude range
700–1700 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally 11338; Hemming 1589; Thulin & Warfa 6049.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
central and southern Ethiopia
Kenya
northern Tanzania

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