Hoodia currorii (Hook.) Decne.
subsp. lugardii (N.E. Br.) Bruyns

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Beitbridge District

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Botswana

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Near Shashe-Limpopo junction.

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Synonyms:	Ceropegia currorii (Decne.) Bruyns subsp. lugardii (N.E. Br.) Bruyns Hoodia lugardii N.E. Br.
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Description:	Robust multi-stemmed succulent perennial. Stems usually erect, branching from the base, cylindrical, ribbed by up to 30 vertical rows of tubercles, each tipped by a single spine. Flowers in clusters near the apex of the stems, opening in succession. Corolla shallowly cup-shaped, glabrous on the outside, papillate on the inside. Corona 2-seriate, arising from the staminal column. Outer lobes bifid at the apex; inner lobes, shorter than the anthers.
Notes:	Under threat from mining activities and over collecting for commercial medicinal purposes.
Derivation of specific name:	lugardii: after Major Edward James Lugard (1865-1957), British-born plant collector who collected extensively in Botswana.
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Worldwide distribution:	Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
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Red data list status:	Vulnerable
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Literature:	Bruyns, P.V. (2005). Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar Volume I Umdaus Press, Hatfield, South Africa Pages 122 - 126. (Includes a picture). Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Botswana Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 18. as Hoodia lugardi Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 162. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 190 - 192. (Includes a picture). 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 20. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 27.

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