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Huernia verekeri Stent
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933(3): 145. [1 May 1933]
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Huernia verekeri Photo by: Raffa C. Garcia

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Huernia verekeri Stent
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933(3): 145. [1 May 1933]
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Huernia verekeri subs. angolensis (L.C.Leach) Bruyns
Stapeliads S. Africa Madagascar 1: 139. 2005
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Huernia verekeri subs. pauciflora (L.C.Leach) Bruyns
Stapeliads S. Africa Madagascar 1: 139. 2005
Synonymy: 2
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Common Names include:
CHINESE (中文): 尖锐角

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Huernia verekeri group

  • Huernia verekeri Stent: has erect stems with narrow soft teeth. Flowers numerous star-like pale pinkish about 35 mm in diameter, the tube white at the base. Distribution: Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mocambique, Botswana, Namibia.
  • Huernia verekeri subs. angolensis (L.C.Leach) Bruyns: has deflexed stems lacking the strongly toothed angles of the typical variety and the corolla tube is bright red inside. Corona reddish. Distribution: Huila district in Angola.
  • Huernia verekeri subs. pauciflora (L.C.Leach) Bruyns: has much longer, prostrate stems with blunt angles and widely spaced smaller teeth. Inflorescence one- or few-flowered at the base of the new branches. Distribution: mouth of the Save River in Mozambique.

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Huernia verekeri Photo by: Raffa C. Garcia
21985 julio Julio C. García
Huernia verekeri Photo by: Julio C. García

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Huernia verekeri Photo by: Raffa C. Garcia
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Flower buds. Photo by: Raffa C. Garcia

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A rare 6-petaled fower. Photo by: Raffa C. Garcia
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