Edithcolea grandis

Edithcolea grandis

Edithcolea grandis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Edithcolea
Species: Edithcolea grandis

Name

Edithcolea grandis N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 220. (1895)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Edithcolea sordida N.E.Br. in W.R.Ogilvie-Grant & al., Nat. Hist. Sokotra: 486. (1903).
  • Edithcolea grandis var. baylissiana Lavranos & D.S.Hardy, J. S. African Bot. 29: 21. (1963).
  • Ceropegia sordida (N.E.Br.) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 412. (2017)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Socotra, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, N.E. 1895. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew. Kew 1895: 220.

Additional references

• Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Edithcolea grandis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 05. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Edithcolea grandis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 05. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Edithcolea grandis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 December 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Edithcolea grandis. Published online. Accessed: December 05 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Edithcolea grandis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Persian carpet flower
svenska:  Kalligrafiblomma
中文:  巨龙角

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