Raphionacme
Genus of flowering plants
| Raphionacme | |
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| Raphionacme hirsuta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Periplocoideae |
| Genus: | Raphionacme Harv. |
Raphionacme is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1842.[1][2] The genus is found primarily in Africa, with one species on the Arabian Peninsula.[3][4]
Species
- Species[5]
- Raphionacme angolensis (Baill.) N.E.Br. - Angola
- Raphionacme arabica A.G.Mill. & Biagi - Oman
- Raphionacme borenensis Venter & M.G.Gilbert - Ethiopia
- Raphionacme brownii Scott-Elliot - W Africa
- Raphionacme caerulea E.A.Bruce - Sierra Leone
- Raphionacme chimanimaniana Venter & R.L.Verh. - Zimbabwe
- Raphionacme dyeri Retief & Venter - Free State in South Africa
- Raphionacme elsana Venter & R.L.Verh. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Raphionacme flanaganii Schltr. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Raphionacme galpinii Schltr. - Eswatini, South Africa
- Raphionacme globosa K.Schum. - Malawi, Tanzania
- Raphionacme grandiflora N.E.Br. - Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia
- Raphionacme haeneliae Venter & R.L.Verh. - Namibia
- Raphionacme hirsuta (E.Mey.) R.A.Dyer - Eastern Cape Province
- Raphionacme inconspicua H.Huber - Damaraland in Namibia
- Raphionacme keayi Bullock - Nigeria, Cameroon
- Raphionacme lanceolata Schinz - Tanzania, Namibia
- Raphionacme linearis K.Schum. - Zaire, Angola
- Raphionacme longifolia N.E.Br. - Zambia
- Raphionacme longituba E.A.Bruce - Tanzania, Zambia
- Raphionacme lucens Venter & R.L.Verh. - KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique
- Raphionacme madiensis S.Moore - Tanzania, Zimbabwe
- Raphionacme michelii De Wild. - Zaire
- Raphionacme moyalica Venter & R.L.Verh. - N Kenya, S Ethiopia
- Raphionacme namibiana Venter & R.L.Verh. - Namibia
- Raphionacme palustris Venter & R.L.Verh. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Raphionacme procumbens Schltr. - KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Zimbabwe
- Raphionacme pulchella Venter & R.L.Verh. - Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Raphionacme splendens Schltr. - Tanzania, Uganda
- Raphionacme sylvicola Venter & R.L.Verh. - Zambia
- Raphionacme utilis N.E.Br. & Stapf - tropical Africa
- Raphionacme velutina Schltr. - Zimbabwe, Limpopo
- Raphionacme vignei E.A.Bruce - Ghana
- Raphionacme villicorona Venter
- Raphionacme welwitschii Schltr. & Rendle - - Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique
- Raphionacme zeyheri Harv. - South Africa
- formerly included[5]
transferred to other genera (Buckollia, Chlorocyathus, Schlechterella )
- R. abyssinica now Schlechterella abyssinica
- R. loandae now Chlorocyathus monteiroae
- R. lobulata now Chlorocyathus lobulata
- R. monteiroae now Chlorocyathus monteiroae
- R. volubilis now Buckollia volubilis
Gallery
Flowers
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Raphionacme angolensis -
Raphionacme galpinii in bud -
Raphionacme galpinii in bloom -
Raphionacme hirsuta -
Raphionacme hirsuta -
Raphionacme hirsuta
Fruits
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Raphionacme hirsuta -
Raphionacme hirsuta single fruit
Caudex/tuber
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Raphionacme angolensis -
Raphionacme burkeri -
Raphionacme flanaganii -
Khoisan man drinking stored water from caudex of bi (Raphionacme velutina)
References
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- ^ Harvey, William Henry. 1842. London Journal of Botany 1: 22-23 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Tropicos, genus Raphionacme
- ^ AFPD. 2008. African Flowering Plants Database - Base de Donnees des Plantes a Fleurs D'Afrique
- ^ Miller, Anthony G. & Biagi, J. A. 1988. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 45(1): 61
- ^ a b The Plant List, Raphionacme
