6883.000 Duvalia Haw.
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Goyder, D.J. (2007)
Zimbabwean Asclepiadaceae. Unpublished list.
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000)
Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Description of the genus
Stems fleshy, glabrous, 4-6-angled, tubercled with rudimentary leaves arising from the centre of the tubercle and minute glandular stipules on either side at the base. Flowers often arising from the base of the stem. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla a raised cushion-like annulus. Corona of two rows; inner and outer well separated vertically; inner flat and disk-like; outer of 5 swollen lobes borne around the staminal column. Follicles erect, glabrous. Seeds with an apical tuft of hairs. Derivation of name: named after Henry August Duval (1777 - 1814), French botanist. Comment: More recent phylogenetic evidence has led to the forming of a very broad concept of the genus Ceropegia including the genus Brachystelma and all known genera within the Stapeliae (Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P., 2017). We will await a broader form of acceptance of this new concept before changing the taxonomy in our database. Worldwide: 17 species in Africa. Zambia: 1 taxon. |
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