Stapelia kwebensis

Stapelia kwebensis

Taxonavigation edit

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: Stapelia
Species: Stapelia kwebensis

Name edit

Stapelia kwebensis N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 501 (1903).

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Gonostemon kwebensis (N.E.Br.) P.V.Heath, Calyx 1: 19 (1992).
  • Heterotypic
    • Stapelia kwebensis var. longipedicellata A.Berger, Stapel. & Klein.: 318 (1910).
    • Stapelia longipedicellata (A.Berger) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 303 (1913).
    • Gonostemon longipedicellatus (A.Berger) P.V.Heath, Calyx 1: 19 (1992).
    • Ceropegia longipedicellata (A.Berger) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 422 (2017).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Botswana, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe

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

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