Huernia erectiloba L.C.Leach & Lavranos

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Synonyms:	Ceropegia erectiloba (L.C.Leach & Lavranos) Bruyns
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Status:	Native
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Derivation of specific name:	erectiloba: with erect lobes
Habitat:	In mats of shallow peaty soil on granite domes, together with Xerophyta, Coloechloa and Myrothamnus.
Altitude range: (metres)	200 - 1200 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Northern Mozambique
National distribution:	N,Z
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Endemic status:	Endemic
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Literature:	Bruyns, P.V. (2005). Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar Volume I Umdaus Press, Hatfield, South Africa Pages 183 - 185. (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) Pages 205 - 207. Leach, L.C. & Lavranos, J.J. (1963). A new species of Huernia from Mozambique Kirkia 3 Pages 38 - 40. (Includes a picture).

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