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Common Names
Common Names To be Updated Soon
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Taxonomy.
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TAXON
Sarcostemma brevistigma
FAMILY
Apocynaceae Juss.
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
OTHER FAMILY:
Asclepiadaceae
TRIBE
Asclepiadoideae
SUBTRIBE
Asclepiadeae
CLASSIFICATION
Cynanchinae
GENUS
Sarcostemma R. Br.
Taxon Note
Sarcostemma brevistigma is the currently updated scientific name as per ICBN (International Code of Botanical Nomenclature). The correct name may not be updated or its acceptance pending in certain databases.
Synonymous GRIN Taxon
Sarcostemma brevistigma is not listed in the GRIN database
Plant Description
Lianas, trailing or twining, rarely ± erect, succulent, base woody. Leaves reduced to minute scales, soon lost. Cymes umbel-like, sessile, terminal or extra-axillary. Calyx with or without 5 basal glands. Corolla rotate or nearly so, deeply lobed; lobes overlapping to right. Corona double: outer corona inserted at junction of corolla tube and gynostegium, ringlike or cupular, membranous, 5-angled, truncate or shallowly lobed; inner corona lobes 5, inserted at base of gynostegium, fleshy, basally dilated, 2-keeled inside. Anther appendages membranous; pollinia 2 per pollinarium, waxy, pendulous, caudicle slender. Stigma head short conical or oblong-fusiform. Follicles thick, smooth.
*Description source: Not verified.