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Orbea halipedicola
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa national Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa national Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Ceropegia halipedicola (L.C.Leach) Bruyns Orbea halipedicola L.C. Leach subsp. septentrionalis L.C. Leach Stapelia halipedicola (L.C.Leach) P.V. Heath Stapelia halipedicola (L.C.Leach) P.V. Heath var. borealis P.V. Heath |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Local and occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Succulent perennial herb. Stems fleshy, up to 20 cm long, simple or branched from the base, decumbent to sub-erect, green, 4-ribbed with opposite, fleshy soft, spine-like leaves. Flowers arising from near the base lying flat on the ground, star-shaped, corolla lobes spreading, fleshy maroon with cream to golden-yellow streaks; corona raised; outer lobes dark purple-black; inner lobes golden-yellow with maroon-red markings, pointing inward. Fruit in paired follicles. |
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| Habitat: | In shade of bushes in Mopane and Hyphaene dominated woodland, often in almost bare slightly sodic patches. |
| Altitude range: | 20 - 200 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Restricted to the Sofala Province, Central Mozambique. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 28 November 2011 |
| Literature: |
Bruyns, P.V. (2002). Monograph of Orbea and Ballyanthus (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae) Systematic Botany Monographs 63 Pages 131 - 134. (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 80. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 221. Leach, L.C. (1978). A contribution towards a new classification of Stapelieae (Asclepiadaceae) with a preliminary review of Orbea Haw. and descriptions of three new genera Excelsa Taxonomic Series No. 1 Aloe, Cactus and Succulent Society of Zimbabwe Pages 40 - 44. Protologue (Includes a picture). |
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