Gomphocarpus physocarpus

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

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Gomphocarpus
Species: Gomphocarpus physocarpus

Name

Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey., 1838

Synonyms

• 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)

Distribution

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 References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Meyer, E.H.F. 1838. Commentariorum de plantis Africae Australioris 202.

Links

• 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.

Vernacular names

English: Balloonplant
lea faka-Tonga: vavaepaluna

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