BUCKOLLIA Venter & R.L.Verh. [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
BUCKOLLIA Venter & R.L.Verh. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1994)—Venter & Verhoeven in S. Afr. J. Bot. 60: 93–98 (1994).
Information
Woody climbers; stems twining, bark verrucose; latex white. Leaves opposite or clustered, petiolate; blade with secondary veins divaricate and parallel. Inflorescences monochasial, or dichasial with two monochasial branches, each bearing up to 10 flowers. Corolla rotate; tube shallow, saucer-shaped, with exserted gynostegium; lobes with glandular swellings at inner bases. Corona inserted at corolla mouth, with simple, filiform lobes. Stamens fused to inner base of corona-lobes, glabrous; filaments filiform; anthers ovate, acute at the apex; pollen in tetrads. Interstaminal nectaries lobular, distinct. Stigmatic head ovoid; pollen translators spathulate. Follicles paired, divergent to horizontal, long cylindrical-ovoid, tapering to blunt apex, puberulent and verrucose. Seeds with tuft of hairs at one end.
Range
Two species in eastern and north-eastern Africa.
BUCKOLLIA Venter & R.L.Verh. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
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