Stapelia gigantea

Stapelia gigantea

Stapelia gigantea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Stapelia
Species: Stapelia gigantea

Name

Stapelia gigantea N.E.Br., 1877

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gonostemon giganteus (N.E.Br.) P.V.Heath, Calyx 1: 17 (1992).
  • Ceropegia gigantea (N.E.Br.) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 422 (2017).
• Heterotypic
  • Stapelia nobilis N.E.Br., Bot. Mag. 127: t. 7771 (1901).
  • Stapelia marlothii N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 436 (1908).
  • Stapelia gigantea var. pallida E.Phillips, Fl. Pl. South Africa 5: t. 181 (1925).
  • Stapelia youngii N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 43 (1931).
  • Stapelia cylista C.A.Lückh., S. African Gard. 23: 139 (1933).
  • Gonostemon giganteus var. marlothii (N.E.Br.) P.V.Heath, Calyx 3: 7 (1993).
  • Gonostemon giganteus var. nobilis (N.E.Br.) P.V.Heath, Calyx 3: 7 (1993).
  • Gonostemon giganteus var. pallidus (E.Phillips) P.V.Heath, Calyx 3: 7 (1993).
  • Gonostemon giganteus var. youngii (N.E.Br.) P.V.Heath, Calyx 3: 7 (1993).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Hawaii, India, Kenya, Tanzania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, N.E., 1877. The Gardeners’ Chronicle ser. 2, 7:684, 693, fig. 112.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. . 28 in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Stapelia gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Stapelia gigantea. Published online. Accessed: Feb 28 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Stapelia gigantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Feb 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Stapelia gigantea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 28. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stapelia gigantea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Zulu giant
svenska: Jätteasblomma
中文: 大豹皮花

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