BRACHYSTELMA CIRCINATUM
Author:
Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer, 1838
Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Bruyns. (2017). In: S. African J. Bot. 112: 433.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
12 Centimetres
Height:
50 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/?
CITES:
Synonyms:
Might be: Ceropegia circinata, Bruyns, 2017.
Dichaelia circinata, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter 1896.
Fockea augustifolia, Karl Moritz Schumann 1894.
Brachystelma ovatum, Daniel Oliver, 1870 = Dichaelia ovata, Schltr., 1897.
Brachystelma bolusii, N.E.Br.
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Brachystelma cinereum, N.E.Br.
Brachystelma circinatum, E.Mey.
Brachystelma commixtum, N.E.Br.
Brachystelma filiforme, Harv.
Brachystelma galpinii, N.E.Br.
Brachystelma ovatum, Oliv.
Brachystelma pallidum, N.E.Br.
Brachystelma undulatum, N.E.Br.
Brachystelma zeyheri, N.E.Br.
Dichaelia bolusii, Schltr.
Dichaelia brachylepis, Schltr.
Dichaelia cinerea, Schltr.
Dichaelia commixta, Schltr.
Dichaelia filiformis, Schltr.
Dichaelia forcipata, Schltr.
Dichaelia galpinii, Schltr.
Dichaelia macra, Schltr.
Dichaelia microphylla, S.Moore.
Dichaelia pallida, Schltr.
Dichaelia undulata, Schltr.
Dichaelia zeyheri, Schltr.
This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was first described by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer in 1838, and later in 1896 by Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter as Dichaelia circinata. It is found both in Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa. It preferring a well-drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex will get ten centimetres in diameter, and the branches 50 centimetres long. It can only be reproduced by seeds. The flowers are greenish white.
The genera name from Greek; brachys meaning 'short', and stelma means 'crown, garland, wreath'; alluding to the short staminal corona of some species. The species name referring to the (not so) round leaves. *)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Asclepiadaceae is now part of the Apocynaceae.
Flower
Greenish White
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
