Gomphocarpus physocarpus

Taxonavigation

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

Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey., 1838

Homotypic
- Asclepias physocarpa (E.Mey.) Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 8 (1896)
Heterotypic
- Gomphocarpus brasiliensis E.Fourn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(4): 203 (1885)
- Gomphocarpus fruticosus f. brasiliensis (E.Fourn.) Briq., Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.s., 34(7): 21 (1900)
- Asclepias brasiliensis (E.Fourn.) Schltr., Meded. Rijks-Herb. 29: 12 (1916)

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa
- - South Sudan, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Angola, Mozambique, Cameroon, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland

Hassler, M. 2018. Gomphocarpus physocarpus. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 30. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Gomphocarpus physocarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Gomphocarpus physocarpus. Published online. Accessed: Sep 30 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Gomphocarpus physocarpus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 30.
Tropicos.org 2018. Gomphocarpus physocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Sep 2018.

English: Balloonplant
lea faka-Tonga: vavaepaluna