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Lavrania cactiformis (Hook.) Bruyns
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 115(2): 257. 1993 [15 Oct 1993]
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Larryleachia cactiformis (Hook.) Plowes
Excelsa 17: 5 (1996)

Lavrania cactiformis (Larryleachia cactiformis) Photo by: Flavio Agrosi

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Larryleachia cactiformis (Hook.) Plowes
Excelsa 17: 5 (1996)
Synonymy: 22
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Larryleachia cactiformis group

  • Larryleachia cactiformis (Hook.) Plowes: has a globular body tessellate with roughly pentangular, flat or depressed tubercles. This species is quite variable particularly in the colour of flowers. South Africa and Namibia.
  • Larryleachia cactiformis var. cristata hort.: Crested form.
  • Larryleachia felina (D.T.Cole) Plowes: has characteristic inner corona lobes short and curved like cat's claws. Distribution: Cape Province, Richtersveld, Near the summit of Rosyntjieberg, South Africa.
  • Larryleachia similis (N.E.Br.) Plowes: cup-shaped corolla that encloses the corona. Outer5-lobed, with each lobe deeply trifid, the two lateral teeth converging over the shorter central spotted tooth. Distribution: Southern Namibia to northern Cape (South Africa)


10120 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Lavrania cactiformis (Larryleachia cactiformis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
19906 gennaro Gennaro Re
Lavrania cactiformis (Larryleachia cactiformis) Photo by: Gennaro Re

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Larryleachia cactiformis in habitat. (Larryleachia cactiformis) Photo by: © Plantemania
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Lavrania cactiformis (Larryleachia cactiformis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

29728 plantemania © Plantemania
Lavrania cactiformis (Larryleachia cactiformis) Photo by: © Plantemania
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Lavrania cactiformis (Larryleachia cactiformis) Photo by: Agócs György

10132 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Lavrania cactiformis (Larryleachia cactiformis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
10128 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Lavrania cactiformis (Larryleachia cactiformis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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