| Home | > | List of families | > | Apocynaceae subfamilies Asclepiadoideae and Secamonoideae | > | Ceropegia | > | barberae |
| Synonyms: |
Brachystelma barberae Hook.f. Dichaelia barberae (Hook. f.) Bullock |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Uncommon |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Dwarf perennial with 1 to several annual stems, growing from a tuber. Leaves up to 100 × 25 mm, oblong, finely hairy. Flowers subterminal, up to 25, in opposite, sessile umbels. Corolla 20-40 mm long, lobes united into a cage, dark crimson on the inside, greenish yellow outside. Corona campanulate with 5 narrow slits in the rim; inner lobes linear. The flowers are foul smelling. Fruits ellipsoid. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | barberiae: named after Mary Elizabeth Barber, 1818-1899, plant collector in South Africa. |
| Habitat: | In Brachystegia woodland and open grassland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 2 March 2007 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 12. As Ceropegia barberiae Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 181. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 19. as Brachystelma barberae Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 25. as Brachystelma barberae |
| Home | > | List of families | > | Apocynaceae subfamilies Asclepiadoideae and Secamonoideae | > | Ceropegia | > | barberae |