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Stapelia affinis

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Name

Identification
Stapelia affinis N.E.Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] Stapelia hirsuta L. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leach, L.C.,
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Flora

Entry for STAPELIA hirsuta N. E. Br. var. β, affinis [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 518, (1909) Author: By N. E. BROWN.
Names
STAPELIA hirsuta N. E. Br. var. β, affinis [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
STAPELIA affinis N. E. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1912.
STAPELIA stellaris Lodd. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], Bot. Cab. t. 1312, not of Haw.
STAPELIA hirsuta [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], sheet b of Thunberg's Herbarium, N. E. Br. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 167, t. 11, fig. 22, 23.
Information
corolla usually 4–4 1/2 (rarely 3–3 1/2) in. in diam.; inner corona-lobes with the dorsal wing free nearly or quite to the base, ascending-spreading, 3–4 lin. long, 3/4–1 lin. broad at the base, linear-oblong or gradually tapering from the base to an acute or obtuse point, entire; inner horn 4–5 lin. long, triquetrous-subulate, acute, recurved-ascending; otherwise as in the type. null

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