Raphionacme splendens Schltr.
subsp. splendens

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Along road between CEC and Civeta Camp, Gorongosa National Park

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Synonyms:	Raphionacme brownii sensu Mapaure & Timberlake Raphionacme excisa Schltr. Raphionacme jurensis N.E. Br.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect perennial herb, up to 50 cm high, growing from an ovoid-deltoid or obconical tuber, 80-200 mm long. Stems 1-3, erect, 20-50 cm long, reddish-green. Leaves opposite, erect, sessile or petiolate, linear-oblong to linear-ovate, 5.5-12 cm long, hairless to sparsely puberulous above, puberulous to somewhat roughish below; margin often wavy; petiole 0-7 mm long. Leaves often develop after flowering. Flowers in axillary and terminal, heads. Corolla lobes reflexed, narrowly ovate-triangular, 7-27 mm long, outside greenish, brownish-pink to dark brown, inside pink, mauve, purple or bluish. Corona lobes purple to white. filiform, simple, 6-20 mm long, hairless. Fruit a single follicle, rarely paired, erect, narrowly ovoid, 5-11 cm long, hairless or hairy.
Type location:	Uganda
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Derivation of specific name:	splendens: splendid
Habitat:	In grassland, scrub and open woodland, often among rock, in shallow soil or sandy areas.
Altitude range:	Up to 1500 m
Flowering time:	Aug - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Ethiopia Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,C
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Literature:	Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 44 - 45. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 66. As Raphionacme brownii Venter, H.J.T. (2009). A Taxonomic revision of Raphionacme (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae) South African Journal of Botany 75(2) Pages 334 - 337. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 88.

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