PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / GENTIANALES / APOCYNACEAE / ASCLEPIADOIDEAE / CEROPEGIEAE / CEROPEGIA / COLUMNARIS
Succulent forming loose clump to 600 mm diam. or with widely scattered stems connected beneath the soil by rhizomes, branching mainly at base. Stems 80-200(-600) mm long, 20-25 mm thick, decumbent and frequently rhizomatous, with erect above-ground portions, greyish green; tubercles 3-5 mm long, prominent, hexagonal, joined towards bases into 8 broadly obtuse angles along stem, tapering to acuminate spreading tooth. Inflorescences many per stem in upper two thirds, each with (1-)5 -20 flowers opening often in rapid succession, arising from persistent peduncular patch sometimes reaching 10 mm long; pedicel 2-4 mm long, <1 mm thick, spreading with flower facing horizontally, finely papillate; sepals 2 mm long, ±1 mm broad at base, ovate-lanceolate, green with reddish brown spots, finely papillate. Corolla (10-)12-17 mm diam., rotate to reflexed; outside pale green, spotted finely with red, with scattered bristle-like papillae, otherwise glabrous and smooth; inside greenish yellow with purple-red dots, covered with conical-obtuse papillae each tipped with an acute bristle (up to 0.25 mm long); tube shallow, V-shaped, containing lower half of gynostegium; lobes 3.5-4.5 mm long, 2.5-3.5 mm broad at base, spreading, ovate-deltate to ovate-lanceolate, with apices and margins slightly recurved. Corona 4.0-4.5 mm diam., consisting of 2 series of lobes arising on staminal tube and partly intergrown; outer lobes ±1.5 mm long, ascending, truncate, bright yellow with red blotches, fused laterally in lower third with dorsal projections of inner lobes into broad cup containing only lower third of column; inner lobes ±1 mm long, adpressed to backs of anthers, dorsiventrally flattened, broadly linear, obtuse, yellow dotted with purple-red, with small obtuse dorsal projection in series with and laterally fused to outer lobes. Anthers horizontal on top of style-head, margins shrinking back to expose pollinia, rectangular. Pollinium ellipsoidal, longer than broad, insertion-crest exactly along outer edge, caudicle attached with small ± circular pad to ventral surface. Follicles erect, terete-fusiform, obclavate, slender, consisting of 2 horns diverging at 30-60°, longitudinally mottled with narrow broken purple stripes, glabrous, smooth. From: Bruyns, PV. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar, Vol. 2. Umdaus Press, Hatfield. [All rights reserved] As: Richtersveldia columnaris (Nel) Meve & Liede
Rhizomatous, glabrous succulent, stems prostrate then erect, leafless, tessellated, green, 20-25 mm diam., 8-angled, with prominent acute tubercles. Flowers in many, subterminal, sessile, clusters of 5-20, pedicels 2-4 mm long. Corolla 12-17 mm diam., inside green-yellow, speckled with red and minutely bristly, tube minute, lobes spreading, 3.5-4.5 x 2.5-3.5 mm, ovate-deltoid, convex above. Corona yellow, spotted with red, 2-2.5 mm diam., outer lobes erect, truncate, inner adpressed to backs of anthers, dorsiventrally flattened, linear. From: Bruyns, PV. 2013. Apocynaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 248-264. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY] As: Richtersveldia columnaris (Nel) Meve & Liede
In R. columnaris many of the stems spread horizontally first beneath the soil for 300 mm or more. When they emerge, they become thicker and erect. The above-ground parts are mostly not more than 300 mm tall but odd stems up to 600 mm long do occur, particularly if they grow in dense shade. Because of the rhizomatous habit of the stems, the plants do not form dense clumps and are mostly rather diffuse. Here the stems are almost cylindrical and somewhat snake-like, with the short, quite sharply conical tubercles arranged into eight low but very clearly defined angles. In R. columnaris the primary stem does not bear flowers and these arise only on the side-branches. They appear on many small, peduncular patches mainly towards the tips of new growth, although older inflorescences may be re-activated to produce flowers, so occasionally they can be found lower down on stems too. The lowest bract looks very much like a normal tubercle but with a flattened upper surface. In this species often a whole cluster of flowers on a patch will open simultaneously. The small, greenish yellow flowers are flat to slightly convex and are usually finely and indistinctly spotted with red. The interior is densely covered with small papillae, each of which has an apical bristle. There is only a very slight tube in the centre, so the corona projects somewhat from the centre of the flower. It is yellow mottled with red and consists of small outer lobes more or less adpressed to the corolla around the mouth of the tube and small inner lobes adpressed to the backs of the anthers. From: Bruyns, PV. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar, Vol. 2. Umdaus Press, Hatfield. [All rights reserved] As: Richtersveldia columnaris (Nel) Meve & Liede
Plants are usually found on steep, rocky slopes or on stony summits in short scrub consisting mainly of succulents where they grow inside bushes or between rocks. On several occasions they have been found to be locally very common. From: Bruyns, PV. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar, Vol. 2. Umdaus Press, Hatfield. [All rights reserved] As: Richtersveldia columnaris (Nel) Meve & Liede
Stony slopes among bushes on mountains. From: Bruyns, PV. 2013. Apocynaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 248-264. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY] As: Richtersveldia columnaris (Nel) Meve & Liede
Richtersveldia columnaris is endemic to the north-western corner of Namaqualand. Here it has a restricted distribution in the westernmost high ridges of the Richtersveld from Koda’s Peak in the north to Eksteenfontein, where it occurs at altitudes of 500-800 m. It has not been recorded north of the Orange River and is one of the few stapeliads which is endemic to the Richtersveld. From: Bruyns, PV. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar, Vol. 2. Umdaus Press, Hatfield. [All rights reserved] As: Richtersveldia columnaris (Nel) Meve & Liede
Kodaspiek to Ploegberg and Modderfontein near Eksteenfontein. From: Bruyns, PV. 2013. Apocynaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 248-264. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY] As: Richtersveldia columnaris (Nel) Meve & Liede
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Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Published in: S. African J. Bot. 112: 421 (2017)
Trichocaulon columnare Nel
Published in: Kakteenkunde 1933: 135 (1933)
Echidnopsis columnaris (Nel) R.A.Dyer & D.S.Hardy
Published in: Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 40: 207 (1968)
Notechidnopsis columnaris (Nel) Lavranos & Bleck
Published in: Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 57(6): 256 (1985)
Richtersveldia columnaris (Nel) Meve & Liede
Published in: Pl. Syst. Evol. 234(1-4): 205 (2002)
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Gentianales
FAMILY Apocynaceae
SUBFAMILY Asclepiadoideae
TRIBE Ceropegieae
GENUS Ceropegia
SPECIES columnaris
19 results for Ceropegia columnaris (Nel) Bruyns
Barcode: NBG0132850-0 Collector(s) & number: Bayer, MB, s. n. | --
General notes: Photographs of flowers given.
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Barcode: NBG0200676-0 Collector(s) & number: Marloth, HWR, 12355 | 1925-8-28
General notes: Flowers creamy, speckled with purple outside and inside, corona yellow.
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Barcode: NBG0095787-0 Collector(s) & number: Wisura, W, 2511 | 1972-10-3
General notes: Among stones under bushes; SE aspect.
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Barcode: NBG0091965-0 Collector(s) & number: Wisura, W, 1515 | 1970-7-11
General notes: In rocks, gravel and sand under bushes. Flowers greenish-yellow, corona yellow, both minutely spotted with light purple, back of corolla covered with dark spots.
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Barcode: NBG0117073-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Jaarsveld, EJ, 2538 | 1977-7-15
General notes: Area mountainous, rocky. Plants erect among rocks. Succulent Mesembs dominant.
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Barcode: NBG0200675-0 Collector(s) & number: Hugo, L, 2820A | 1981-9-27
General notes: Sparse vegetation on slates and sand.
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Barcode: NBG0044672-0 Collector(s) & number: Hall, H, NBG 675/53 | 1953-9-19
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Barcode: NBG0044673-0 Collector(s) & number: Hall, H, NBG 701/53 | 1953-12-28
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Barcode: PRE0778261-0 Collector(s) & number: Germishuizen, G, 5456 | 1991-10-6
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Barcode: PRE0852615-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 10151 | 2010-9-15
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Barcode: PRE0852608-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 10132 | 2010-9-13
General notes: Bioregion: Richtersveld. Vegetation type: Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland. Slope: gentle.
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Barcode: PRE0335311-0 Collector(s) & number: Hardy, DS, 1667 | 1966-3-25
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Barcode: PRE0852606-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 10129 | 2010-9-13
General notes: Bioregion: Richtersveld. Vegetation type: Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland. Gentle slope. Flowers yellow, finely maroon-spotted. Cutting grown at PNBG's nursery.
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Barcode: NBG1475851-0 Collector(s) & number: Bruyns, P, 9884 | 2004-6-29
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Barcode: PRE0649199-0 Collector(s) & number: Oliver, EGH, 434 | 1977-9-2
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Barcode: PRE0335312-0 Collector(s) & number: Marloth, HWR, 12355 | 1925-8-28
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Barcode: PRE0335313-0 Collector(s) & number: Munro, HK, PRE 50310 | 1955-10-
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Barcode: PRE0831509-0 Collector(s) & number: Reid, C, 1630 | 1991-10-6
General notes: Many-stemmed, spiny succulent c. 0.4 m high. Flowers yellow, speckled with maroon. Few seen.
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Barcode: PRE0335314-0 Collector(s) & number: Hardy, DS, 2765 | 1968-9-
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2017
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae) Bruyns, PV; Klak, C; Hanacek, PSouth African Journal of Botany 112: 399-436
2013
SERIES CHAPTER
Apocynaceae Bruyns, PVIn: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 248-264
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
2005
2002
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
A molecular phylogeny and generic rearrangement of the stapeloid Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiado Liede, S; Meve, UPlant Systematics and Evolution 234: 171-209
1997
1985
1969
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Echidnopsis columnaris (Nel) Dyer & Hardy Dyer, RA; Hardy, DS; Letty, CLFlowering Plants of Africa 40: , t.1563
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