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Brachystelma viridiflorum Turrill
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924, 259.
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Raphionacme velutina Schltr.
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. xx. Beibl. n. 51 (1895) 12.

Brachystelma viridiflorum (Raphionacme velutina) Photo by: K.k. Agrawal

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Raphionacme velutina Schltr.
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. xx. Beibl. n. 51 (1895) 12.
Synonymy: 4
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Raphionacme velutina group

  • Raphionacme burkei N.E.Br.: Recognizable for the contrastingly bicoloured corona.
  • Raphionacme dinteri Schltr. ex Schinz
  • Raphionacme velutina Schltr.: It has a turnip-shaped caudex that might grow to 30 centimetres or more, the vines to one or two meters. Flowers are greenish. Distribution: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.


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