6834.000 Cynanchum L.
SARCOSTEMMA R. Br.
Liede, S. (1996)
A revision of Cynanchum in Africa Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 83 283-345
Liede, S. & Täuber, A. (2002)
Circumscription of the Genus Cynanchum (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) Systematic Botany 27(4) 789-800
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs, sometimes leafless; latex usually white. Leaves simple, opposite. Corolla fused basally. Gynostegial corona in one or two whorls. Follicles generally single. Seeds flattened, sometimes winged, with a tuft of white hairs. Botswana: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| orangeanum (Schltr.) N.E. Br. | N,SW,SE | Description |
| schistoglossum Schltr. | | Description, Image |
| viminale (L.) L. subsp. suberosum (Meve & Liede) Goyder | N,SE | Description, Image |
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