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| Synonyms: |
Caralluma kalaharica Nel Caralluma knobelii (E. Phillips) E. Phillips Caralluma knobelii (E. Phillips) E. Phillips var. langii (A.C. White & B. Sloane) A.C. White & B. Sloane Caralluma langii A.C. White & B. Sloane Ceropegia knobelii (E. Phillips) Bruyns Orbeopsis knobelii (E. Phillips) L.C. Leach Stapelia knobelii E. Phillips |
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| Derivation of specific name: | knobelii: after Johann Christian Knobel (1879-?), A missionary and trader who lived in Molepolole and collected the type specimen. |
| Habitat: | Among shrubs in deep Kalahsri sand or on calcrete around pans. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana and South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | N,SW,SE |
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| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bruyns, P.V. (2002). Monograph of Orbea and Ballyanthus (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae) Systematic Botany Monographs 63 Pages 111 - 112. (Includes a picture). Bruyns, P.V. (2005). Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar Volume I Umdaus Press, Hatfield, South Africa Pages 264 - 265. (Includes a picture). Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Botswana Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 18. as Orbeopsis knobelii Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 217 - 219. Leach, L.C. (1978). A contribution towards a new classification of Stapelieae (Asclepiadaceae) with a preliminary review of Orbea Haw. and descriptions of three new genera Excelsa Taxonomic Series No. 1 Aloe, Cactus and Succulent Society of Zimbabwe Page 65. As Orbeopsis knobelii Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 28. |
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