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Piaranthus globosus A.C.White & B.Sloane
Stapelieae (White & Sloane) ed. 2 , 2: 814. 1937
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Piaranthus geminatus (Masson) N.E.Br.
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 163. 1878 [1880 publ. 1878]

Piaranthus globosus Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Nice and quite popular plant in collections, because of its ease of growth and unusual appearance. The name is due to the stem segments that are ovoid or globose, light green and resemble a mass of tiny potatoes.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Piaranthus geminatus (Masson) N.E.Br.
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 163. 1878 [1880 publ. 1878]
Synonymy: 13 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Piaranthus geminatus subs. decorus (Masson) Bruyns
Stapeliads S. Africa Madagascar 2: 361. 2005
Synonymy: 12 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Piaranthus geminatus var. foetidus (N.E.Br.) Meve
Bradleya 12: 84 (1994)
Synonymy: 6
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Piaranthus geminatus group

  • Piaranthus barrydalensis Meve: flowers whitish to yellowish with brown-red dots or transverse lines margin recurved. Corona yellow, and red. Distribution: Barrydale in the Little Karoo
  • Piaranthus disparilis N.E.Br.: has smaller corolla-lobes and different markings on the corolla. The crest of the corona-lobes is distinctly toothed, not merely minutely tuberculate. Distribution: Cape Province (Central region Laingsburg Div.)
  • Piaranthus geminatus (Masson) N.E.Br.: Flowers 13-42 mm in diameter, star-shaped, more or less pubescent, whitish, yellowish, reddish or bright brown, with or without brown-red dots or transverse lines. Corona yellow, unspotted.
  • Piaranthus geminatus subs. decorus (Masson) Bruyns: flowers green-yellow with dark red-brown, patches or bands and densely velvety-hairy. inner corona lobes incumbent on the anthers with large and deeply furrowed crests. Distribution: Northern Cape, Western Cape.
  • Piaranthus geminatus var. foetidus (N.E.Br.) Meve: Flowers 18 mm to 30 mm in diameter, star-shaped, pubescent, and velvety ivory, to sand coloured, with brown-red dots or transverse lines. Corona yellow to orange.
  • Piaranthus globosus A.C.White & B.Sloane: The name is due to the stem segments that are ovoid or globose, light green and resemble a mass of tiny potatoes.
  • Piaranthus pillansii N.E.Br.: flowers 3-4 cm wide, typically greenish yellow, pale yellow or very pale-reddish, without (or with very fine) red spots. Corona yellowish-green.
  • Piaranthus pillansii var. fuscatus N.E.Br.: lobes broad, lanceolate, acuminate, dark purple (or dark crimson?) with very numerous slender irregular transverse and labyrinthine greenish-yellow lines and markings.
  • Piaranthus pillansii var. incostans N.E.Br.: lobes densely dotted or transversely marked with light purple on an ochreous ground, sometimes so minutely as to look light pinkish-brown.


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Piaranthus globosus Photo by: Cactus Art

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Piaranthus globosus Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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Piaranthus globosus Photo by: Cactus Art

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Piaranthus globosus Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano
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Piaranthus globosus Photo by: Cactus Art

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Piaranthus globosus Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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