| Author: |
Friedrich R. Rudolf Schlechter, 1895 |
| Family: |
ASCLEPIADACEAE* |
| Origin: |
North-Eastern
South Africa |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
5
Centimetres |
| Height: |
4-20
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Brown / Pink |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/? |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Might be: Ceropegia pulchellior, Bruyns, 2017.
Micraster pulchellus, William Henry Harvey, 1868. |
This member of the Asclepiadaceae*
family was given this name by
Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter in 1895. It is
found in KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Province in South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some
water and some sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres, the
branches from four to 20 centimetres length. The flowers are brown and pink.
The genera name from Greek; brachys
meaning 'short', and stelma means 'crown, garland, wreath'; alluding
to the short staminal corona of some species. The species name means 'pretty'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Asclepiadaceae is now part of the Apocynaceae.
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