Quaqua bayeriana (Bruyns) Plowes

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Quaqua

Characteristics

Stems 10-20 mm thick. Pedicel 2-4 mm long, descending and holding flower facing downwards. Corolla 6-8 mm diam., ± rotate to shallowly campanulate; inside with thin pale purple twisted hairs, pale yellow-green to cream with irregular pale red to purple-red or pale brown spots and larger patches; tube shallow, containing base of column, with corolla slightly thickened near mouth; lobes 2.5-3.0 mm long, 2 mm broad at base, ascending to spreading, deltate. Corona 2.2-2.5 mm diam., purple-brown to-black, raised on short stipe; outer lobes ±0.6 mm long, erect, bifid to above middle into ± deltate slightly diverging lobules; inner lobes 0.3-0.5 mm long, shorter than to ± equalling anthers, deltoid to ± square, obtuse to truncate, dorsiventrally flattened, with short erect truncate emarginate ridge-like dorsal projection near base.
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Like Q. parviflora but pedicels 2-4 mm long, corolla 6-8 mm diam., inside pale green, mottled with red to purple, with fine, twisted hairs, corona purple-black.
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Distribution

Quaqua bayeriana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:978851-1
WFO ID wfo-0001251168
COL ID 4QZVR
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Synonyms

Quaqua bayeriana Quaqua parviflora subsp. bayeriana