Raphionacme

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Raphionacme
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Periplocoideae
Genus: Raphionacme
Harv.

Raphionacme is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1842. [1] [2] The genus is found primarily in Africa, with one species on the Arabian Peninsula. [3] [4]

Contents

Flowers

Fruits

Caudex/Tuber


Species [5]
  1. Raphionacme angolensis (Baill.) N.E.Br. - Angola
  2. Raphionacme arabica A.G.Mill. & Biagi - Oman
  3. Raphionacme borenensis Venter & M.G.Gilbert - Ethiopia
  4. Raphionacme brownii Scott-Elliot - W Africa
  5. Raphionacme caerulea E.A.Bruce - Sierra Leone
  6. Raphionacme chimanimaniana Venter & R.L.Verh. - Zimbabwe
  7. Raphionacme dyeri Retief & Venter - Free State in South Africa
  8. Raphionacme elsana Venter & R.L.Verh. - KwaZulu-Natal
  9. Raphionacme flanaganii Schltr. - KwaZulu-Natal
  10. Raphionacme galpinii Schltr. - Eswatini, South Africa
  11. Raphionacme globosa K.Schum. - Malawi, Tanzania
  12. Raphionacme grandiflora N.E.Br. - Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia
  13. Raphionacme haeneliae Venter & R.L.Verh. - Namibia
  14. Raphionacme hirsuta (E.Mey.) R.A.Dyer - Eastern Cape Province
  15. Raphionacme inconspicua H.Huber - Damaraland in Namibia
  16. Raphionacme keayi Bullock - Nigeria, Cameroon
  17. Raphionacme lanceolata Schinz - Tanzania, Namibia
  18. Raphionacme linearis K.Schum. - Zaire, Angola
  19. Raphionacme longifolia N.E.Br. - Zambia
  20. Raphionacme longituba E.A.Bruce - Tanzania, Zambia
  21. Raphionacme lucens Venter & R.L.Verh. - KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique
  22. Raphionacme madiensis S.Moore - Tanzania, Zimbabwe
  23. Raphionacme michelii De Wild. - Zaire
  24. Raphionacme moyalica Venter & R.L.Verh. - N Kenya, S Ethiopia
  25. Raphionacme namibiana Venter & R.L.Verh. - Namibia
  26. Raphionacme palustris Venter & R.L.Verh. - KwaZulu-Natal
  27. Raphionacme procumbens Schltr. - KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Zimbabwe
  28. Raphionacme pulchella Venter & R.L.Verh. - Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  29. Raphionacme splendens Schltr. - Tanzania, Uganda
  30. Raphionacme sylvicola Venter & R.L.Verh. - Zambia
  31. Raphionacme utilis N.E.Br. & Stapf - tropical Africa
  32. Raphionacme velutina Schltr. - Zimbabwe, Limpopo
  33. Raphionacme vignei E.A.Bruce - Ghana
  34. Raphionacme villicorona Venter
  35. Raphionacme welwitschii Schltr. & Rendle - - Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique
  36. Raphionacme zeyheri Harv. - South Africa
formerly included [5]

transferred to other genera (Buckollia, Chlorocyathus, Schlechterella )

  1. R. abyssinica now Schlechterella abyssinica
  2. R. loandae now Chlorocyathus monteiroae
  3. R. lobulata now Chlorocyathus lobulata
  4. R. monteiroae now Chlorocyathus monteiroae
  5. R. volubilis now Buckollia volubilis

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  1. Trachyandra acocksiiOberm. - Cape Province in South Africa
  2. Trachyandra adamsonii(Compton) Oberm. - Cape Province, Namibia
  3. Trachyandra affinisKunth - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
  4. Trachyandra arenicolaJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province
  5. Trachyandra aridimontanaJ.C.Manning - Cape Province
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  7. Trachyandra asperataKunth - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini
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  9. Trachyandra bulbinifolia(Dinter) Oberm. - Cape Province, Namibia
  10. Trachyandra burkei(Baker) Oberm. - Botswana, Limpopo, Free State, Cape Province
  11. Trachyandra capillata(Poelln.) Oberm. - KwaZulu-Natal
  12. Trachyandra chlamydophylla(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
  13. Trachyandra ciliata(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
  14. Trachyandra dissectaOberm. - Cape Province
  15. Trachyandra divaricata(Jacq.) Kunth - Cape Province; naturalized in Australia
  16. Trachyandra ensifolia (Sölch) Roessler - Namibia
  17. Trachyandra erythrorrhiza(Conrath) Oberm. - Gauteng
  18. Trachyandra esterhuysenaeOberm. - Cape Province
  19. Trachyandra falcata(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
  20. Trachyandra filiformis(Aiton) Oberm. - Cape Province
  21. Trachyandra flexifolia(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province
  22. Trachyandra gerrardii(Baker) Oberm. - Eswatini, South Africa
  23. Trachyandra giffenii(F.M.Leight.) Oberm. - Cape Province
  24. Trachyandra glandulosa(Dinter) Oberm. - Namibia
  25. Trachyandra gracilentaOberm. - Cape Province
  26. Trachyandra hantamensisBoatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
  27. Trachyandra hirsuta(Thunb.) Kunth - Cape Province
  28. Trachyandra hirsutiflora(Adamson) Oberm. - Cape Province
  29. Trachyandra hispida(L.) Kunth - Cape Province
  30. Trachyandra involucrata(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
  31. Trachyandra jacquiniana(Schult. & Schult.f.) Oberm. - Cape Province
  32. Trachyandra kamiesbergensisBoatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
  33. Trachyandra karrooicaOberm. - Cape Province, Namibia
  34. Trachyandra lanata(Dinter) Oberm. - Namibia
  35. Trachyandra laxa(N.E.Br.) Oberm. - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana
  36. Trachyandra malosana(Baker) Oberm. - Malawi to Zimbabwe
  37. Trachyandra mandrarensis(H.Perrier) Marais & Reilly - Madagascar
  38. Trachyandra margaretaeOberm. - Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal
  39. Trachyandra montanaJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province
  40. Trachyandra muricata(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
  41. Trachyandra oligotricha(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
  42. Trachyandra paniculataOberm. - Cape Province
  43. Trachyandra patensOberm. - Cape Province
  44. Trachyandra peculiaris(Dinter) Oberm. - Namibia
  45. Trachyandra proliferaP.L.Perry - Cape Province
  46. Trachyandra pyrenicarpa(Welw. ex Baker) Oberm. Huíla Province in Angola
  47. Trachyandra revoluta(L.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
  48. Trachyandra sabulosa(Adamson) Oberm. - Cape Province
  49. Trachyandra saltii(Baker) Oberm. - eastern + southern Africa from Ethiopia to Cape Province; Yemen
  50. Trachyandra sanguinorhizaBoatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
  51. Trachyandra scabra(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province
  52. Trachyandra smallianaHilliard & B.L.Burtt - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
  53. Trachyandra tabularis(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
  54. Trachyandra thyrsoidea(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
  55. Trachyandra tortilis(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
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Microcoelia is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean.

  1. Microcoelia aphylla(Thouars) Summerh. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion
  2. Microcoelia aurantiaca(Schltr.) Summerh. - Madagascar
  3. Microcoelia bispiculataL.Jonss. - Madagascar
  4. Microcoelia bulbocalcarataL.Jonss. - Príncipe, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda, Rwanda
  5. Microcoelia caespitosa(Rolfe) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel - western and central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre and Uganda
  6. Microcoelia corallinaSummerh. - Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi
  7. Microcoelia cornuta(Ridl.) Carlsward - Madagascar, Comoros
  8. Microcoelia decaryanaL.Jonss. - Madagascar
  9. Microcoelia dolichorhiza(Schltr.) Summerh. - Madagascar
  10. Microcoelia elliotii(Finet) Summerh. - Madagascar
  11. Microcoelia exilisLindl. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar
  12. Microcoelia gilpinae(Rchb.f. & S.Moore) Summerh. - Madagascar
  13. Microcoelia globulosa(Hochst.) L.Jonss. - from Nigeria east to Eritrea, south to Angola and Zimbabwe
  14. Microcoelia hirschbergiiSummerh. - Zaïre, Zambia
  15. Microcoelia jonssoniiSzlach. & Olszewski - Central African Republic
  16. Microcoelia koehleri(Schltr.) Summerh. - from Nigeria to Tanzania, south to Zimbabwe
  17. Microcoelia konduensis(De Wild.) Summerh - western and central Africa
  18. Microcoelia leptostele(Summerh.) L.Jonss. - Central African Republic, Zaïre
  19. Microcoelia macrantha(H.Perrier) Summerh. - Madagascar
  20. Microcoelia macrorhynchia(Schltr.) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel - central Africa
  21. Microcoelia megalorrhiza(Rchb.f.) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi
  22. Microcoelia microglossaSummerh. - central Africa
  23. Microcoelia moreauaeL.Jonss - Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
  24. Microcoelia nyungwensisL.Jonss. - Rwanda
  25. Microcoelia obovataSummerh. - from Kenya south to KwaZulu-Natal
  26. Microcoelia ornithocephalaP.J.Cribb - Malawi
  27. Microcoelia perrieri(Finet) Summerh. - Madagascar
  28. Microcoelia physophora(Rchb.f.) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar
  29. Microcoelia sanfordiiL.Jonss - Cameroon
  30. Microcoelia smithii(Rolfe) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi
  31. Microcoelia stolzii(Schltr.) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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<i>Cyphia</i> Genus of flowering plants

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<i>Syncolostemon</i> Genus of flowering plants

Syncolostemon is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1838. It is native primarily to South Africa, with some species in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, plus one species in India.

  1. Syncolostemon albiflorus(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Transvaal, Eswatini
  2. Syncolostemon argenteusN.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
  3. Syncolostemon bolusii(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal
  4. Syncolostemon bracteosus(Benth.) D.F.Otieno - widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa
  5. Syncolostemon canescens(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa
  6. Syncolostemon cinereum(Codd) D.F.Otieno & Retief - South Africa
  7. Syncolostemon comosus(Wight ex Benth.) D.F.Otieno - southern India
  8. Syncolostemon comptoniiCodd - Eswatini
  9. Syncolostemon concinnusN.E.Br. - Eswatini, South Africa
  10. Syncolostemon densiflorusBenth. - South Africa
  11. Syncolostemon elliottii(Baker) D.F.Otieno - Zimbabwe, Botswana, Transvaal
  12. Syncolostemon eriocephalusVerd. - Northern Province of South Africa
  13. Syncolostemon flabellifolius(S.Moore) A.J.Paton - Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe
  14. Syncolostemon floccosus(Launert) D.F.Otieno - Namibia
  15. Syncolostemon foliosus(S.Moore) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
  16. Syncolostemon gerrardii(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - South Africa
  17. Syncolostemon incanus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  18. Syncolostemon latidens(N.E.Br.) Codd - KwaZulu-Natal
  19. Syncolostemon linearis(Benth.) D.F.Otieno - Zimbabwe
  20. Syncolostemon macranthus(Gürke) Ashby - Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa
  21. Syncolostemon macrophyllusGürke - South Africa
  22. Syncolostemon madagascariensis(A.J.Paton & Hedge) D.F.Otieno - Madagascar
  23. Syncolostemon modestus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
  24. Syncolostemon namapaensisD.F.Otieno - Mozambique, Tanzania
  25. Syncolostemon obermeyerae(M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  26. Syncolostemon oritrephes(Wild) D.F.Otieno - Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe
  27. Syncolostemon ornatus(S.Moore) D.F.Otieno - Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe
  28. Syncolostemon parviflorusE.Mey. ex Benth. - Eswatini, South Africa
  29. Syncolostemon parvifolius(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  30. Syncolostemon persimilis(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  31. Syncolostemon petiolatus(Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa, Mozambique
  32. Syncolostemon pretoriae(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
  33. Syncolostemon punctatus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  34. Syncolostemon ramosus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal
  35. Syncolostemon ramulosusE.Mey. ex Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
  36. Syncolostemon rehmannii(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  37. Syncolostemon rotundifoliusE.Mey. ex Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
  38. Syncolostemon rugosifolius(M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  39. Syncolostemon stalmansii(A.J.Paton & K.Balkwill) D.F.Otieno - Mpumalanga, Eswatini
  40. Syncolostemon stenophyllus(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
  41. Syncolostemon subvelutinus(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  42. Syncolostemon teucriifolius(Hochst.) D.F.Otieno - Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa
  43. Syncolostemon thorncroftii(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  44. Syncolostemon transvaalensis(Schltr.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  45. Syncolostemon welwitschii(Rolfe) D.F.Otieno - Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola
<i>Tetradenia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Tetradenia is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1830. It is native to Africa, including Madagascar.

  1. Tetradenia bainesii(N.E.Br.) Phillipson & C.F.Steyn - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal
  2. Tetradenia barberae(N.E.Br.) Codd - Cape Province
  3. Tetradenia brevispicata(N.E.Br.) Codd - Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Transvaal
  4. Tetradenia clementianaPhillipson - Madagascar
  5. Tetradenia cordataPhillipson - Madagascar
  6. Tetradenia discolorPhillipson - Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania
  7. Tetradenia falafaPhillipson - Madagascar
  8. Tetradenia fruticosaBenth. - Madagascar
  9. Tetradenia galpinii(N.E.Br.) Phillipson & C.F.Steyn - southeast Africa from Tanzania to Swaziland
  10. Tetradenia goudotiiBriq. - Madagascar
  11. Tetradenia herbacea Phillipson - Madagascar
  12. Tetradenia hildeanaPhillipson - Madagascar
  13. Tetradenia isaloensisPhillipson - Madagascar
  14. Tetradenia kaokoensisvan Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk - Namibia
  15. Tetradenia multiflora(Benth.) Phillipson - Ethiopia
  16. Tetradenia nervosaCodd - Madagascar
  17. Tetradenia riparia(Hochst.) Codd - southern Africa from Angola + Malawi to Swaziland
  18. Tetradenia tanganyikaePhillipson - Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia
  19. Tetradenia tuberosaT.J.Edwards - KwaZulu-Natal
  20. Tetradenia urticifolia(Baker) Phillipson - eastern + central Africa from Sudan + Eritrea south to Zaire and Tanzania

Aspidoglossum is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838. It is native to Africa.

<i>Tacazzea</i> Genus of plants

Tacazzea is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1890. It is native to Africa.

Chlorocyathus is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1887. It is native to southern Africa.

  1. Chlorocyathus lobulata(Venter & R.L.Verh.) Venter - Bathurst District in Cape Province of South Africa
  2. Chlorocyathus monteiroaeOliv. - Maputo Bay in southern Mozambique

Sphaerocodon is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1876. It is native to southern Africa.

  1. Sphaerocodon acutifoliumK.Schum. - Namibia
  2. Sphaerocodon angolensisS.Moore - Angola
  3. Sphaerocodon caffrum(Meisn.) Schltr. - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
  4. Sphaerocodon melananthum(K.Schum.) N.E.Br. - Zimbabwe
  5. Sphaerocodon natalenseBenth. - KwaZulu-Natal
  6. Sphaerocodon obtusifoliumBenth. - South Africa
  7. Sphaerocodon platypodumK.Schum. - Katanga in southern Zaire

Hilliardiella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.

References

  1. Harvey, William Henry. 1842. London Journal of Botany 1: 22-23 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  2. Tropicos, genus Raphionacme
  3. AFPD. 2008. African Flowering Plants Database - Base de Donnees des Plantes a Fleurs D'Afrique
  4. Miller, Anthony G. & Biagi, J. A. 1988. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 45(1): 61
  5. 1 2 The Plant List, Raphionacme