Hyalosepalum caffrum

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Hyalosepalum caffrum
Hyalosepalum caffrum

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Menispermaceae
Subfamilia: Chasmantheroideae
Tribus: Burasaieae
Genus: Hyalosepalum
Species: Hyalosepalum caffrum

Name edit

Hyalosepalum caffrum (Miers) Troupin, 1949

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Desmonema caffra Miers in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 20: 260 (1867)
    • Tinospora caffra (Miers) Troupin in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 25: 137 (1955)
  • Heterotypic
    • Desmonema gossweileri Exell in J. Bot. 70(Suppl. 1): 216 (1932)
    • Desmonema mucronulatum Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 409 (1899)
    • Desmonema mucronulatum var. mildbraedii Diels in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 94: 155 (1910)
    • Desmonema mucronulatum var. schweinfurthii Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 409 (1899)
    • Desmonema pallidoaurantiaca Engl. & Gilg in O.Warburg (ed.), Kunene-Sambesi Exped.: 237 (1903)
    • Desmonema schliebenii Diels in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 273 (1936)
    • Desmonema schweinfurthii (Engl.) A.Chev. in Fl. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 106 (1938)
    • Hyalosepalum gossweileri (Exell) Exell & Mendonça in L.W.Carrisso, Consp. Fl. Angol. 1: 357 (1951)
    • Hyalosepalum pallidoaurantiacum (Engl. & Gilg) Troupin in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 19: 432 (1949)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Repu, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Tinospora caffra.]

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Vernacular names edit

Afrikaans: oranjevrugwonderplant
English: orange grape creeper
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