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Gonostemon grandiflorus var. desmetianus (N.E.Br.) P.V.Heath
Calyx 3(1): 7 (1993)
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

= Stapelia desmetiana N.E.Br.
Gard. Chron. 2: 684 684 1880.

Accepted Scientific Name: Stapelia grandiflora Masson
Stapel. Nov. 13. t. 11. 1797 [Mar 1797] Masson

Gonostemon grandiflorus var. desmetianus (Stapelia desmetiana) Photo by: Raffa C. Garcia

Synonyms:

See all synonyms of Stapelia grandiflora
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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Stapelia grandiflora Masson
Stapel. Nov. 13. t. 11. 1797 [Mar 1797]
Synonymy: 23 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Stapelia grandiflora var. conformis (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
Stapeliads S. Africa Madagascar 2: 470. 2005
Synonymy: 8
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: carrion flower, toad cactus, toad plant, starfish cactus, Star Fish Flower, Carrion Flower, Great flowered stapelia

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Stapelia grandiflora group

  • Stapelia desmetiana N.E.Br.: has star-shaped 11-14(-17) cm in diameter, purple-yellow to dark flesh-red, with transverse yellowish lines on the disk and densely hairy above with purple and white hairs. It has a very similar distribution to that of S. grandiflora
  • Stapelia grandiflora Masson: Flower 5-22 cm (usually 10/12 cm) across, deeply lobed, orange, dark-red, deep brown-purple to chocolate, with transverse brow to whitish corrugation, covered with purplish hairs. Distribution: Southern Africa (Northern cape, Eastern Cape and Free State).


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