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Stapelia grandiflora Masson
Stapel. Nov. 13. t. 11. 1797 [Mar 1797]
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Stapelia grandiflora Photo by: Frikkie Hall

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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: Giant Toad Plant, Giant Zulu, Star Fish Flower, Carrion Flower, Great flowered stapelia
FINNISH (Suomi): Raatokukat
GERMAN (Deutsch): Aasblume
ITALIAN (Italiano): Stapelia
RUSSIAN (Русский): Стапелия крупноцветковая

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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- The seeds furnished of a "parachute" (or coma) become airborne and are dispersed. As the tuft of hair (coma) dries out on the tip of the seed it unfolds into a parachute-like structure that carries the seed off in the slightest breeze. After a time the coma detaches and if the seed lands in a suitable place it will germinate and establish a new plant. Photo by: Cactus Art
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Stapelia grandiflora Photo by: Frikkie Hall

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Stapelia grandiflora Photo by: Frikkie Hall
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Stapelia grandiflora Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Stapelia grandiflora Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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Stapelia grandiflora Photo by: Cactus Art

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Stapelia grandiflora Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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- Photo courteously sent by Ricardo Madeira Photo by: Cactus Art

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