BRACHYSTELMA NANUM
Author:
Nicholas Edward Brown, 1908
Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Bruyns. (2017). In: S. African J. Bot. 112: 434, Nom. Nov.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
5 Centimetres
Height:
20 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Might be: Ceropegia nanior, Bruyns, 2017.
Lasiostelma nanum, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter, 1905.
Some includes Brachystelma angustum, R.Peckover, 1994.
This member of the Asclepiadaceae family was given this name by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1908. It is found in South Africa and Namibia, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the stems from five to twenty centimetres long. The inflorescence are white and greenish yellow.
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 means 'dwarf'. *) Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Asclepiadaceae is now part of the Apocynaceae.
Flower
White / Greenish Yellow
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium - Maximum
