Stapelia schinzii schinzii
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Pods
23 Sep 2008
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Seeds emerging from pod
30 Sep 2006
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Habit
20 Dec 2006
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Flowers about to open
20 Mar 2007
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Flower
21 Mar 2008
| Family: | Asclepiadaceae |
| Full name: | Stapelia schinzii A.Berger & Schltr. var. schinzii |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | - |
| Status: | Endemic |
| Description: | Strongly growing stems with green sheen and purple vibratile hairs on the margins of its pungently smelly flowers. (from www.asclepiad-exhibition.org) The S. schinzii var. angolensis differs from typical S. schinzii in that the stems are smaller, creeping, procumbent or hanging, and have a characteristic violet-purple colouration and aren't so distinctly 4-angled. In comparison typical S. schinzii has erect, dull green stems. The flowers are similar in both var. schinzii and angolensis, but the latter are smaller. |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 22 Nov 2011 |
