Raphionacme

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Raphionacme
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Raphionacme hirsuta
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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]

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Species

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

Flowers

Fruits

Caudex/tuber

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
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