Gomphocarpus filiformis (E.Mey.) D.Dietr.
First published in Syn. Plant. 2: 900 (1840)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & S. Namibia to Cape Prov. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Cape Provinces, Namibia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Asclepias filiformis (E.Mey.) Kuntze in Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 4: 268 (1886), nom. illeg.
- Asclepias flagellaris Bolus ex Schltr. in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 32 (1894)
- Lagarinthus filiformis E.Mey. in Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 203 (1838)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Asclepias buchenaviana Schinz in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 261 (1888)
- Gomphocarpus filiformis var. buchenavianus (Schinz) N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 336 (1902)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia. Strelitzia 34: 1-158. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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| Bolus, H. [640], South Africa | K000234892 | Yes | |||
| Drege [892], South Africa | K000234896 | isotype | Yes | ||
| Drege [892], South Africa | K000234894 | isotype | Yes | ||
| Burke [247], South Africa | K000234895 | Yes | |||
| Zeyher [1167], South Africa | K000234893 | Yes | |||
| Schinz, H. [18], Namibia | K000234897 | isosyntype | Yes | ||
| Schinz, H. [20], Namibia | K000234898 | isosyntype | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images