PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / GENTIANALES / APOCYNACEAE / ASCLEPIADOIDEAE / ASCLEPIADEAE / EUSTEGIA / FILIFORMIS

Eustegia filiformis (L.f.) Schult.
Indigenous Endemic
Morphological description

Branches usually decumbent, 2-6 in. long, puberulous on one side; leaves 1/2-1 1/2 in. long, filiform, linear-filiform, filiform-hastate or rarely linear-hastate, glabrous or with a thin minute pubescence or a few small scattered hairs; umbels 4-8-flowered; peduncles 1/4-1 3/4 in. long, puberulous on one side; pedicels 1 1/2-2 lin. long, puberulous; sepals 3/4-1 lin. long, about 1/2 lin. broad, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, glabrous; corolla-lobes spreading, 1 1/2-1 3/4 lin. long, 2/3-3/4 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, with more or less revolute margins, glabrous on both sides, apparently olive-green; corona-lobes apparently white; lobes of the outer series 1 lin. long, simple, narrowly oblong-linear, often bifid or emarginate at the apex, gibbous or thickened on the inner face; lobes of the middle series divided nearly to the base into 3 segments 3/4-1 1/4 lin. long, rising to the level of the apex of the style or exceeding it, the middle segment linear, with a compressed gibbosity or thickened keel at the middle, sometimes nearly obliterated in dried specimens, the lateral usually linear, without auriculate inflexed sides at the base; lobes of the inner series 2/3-3/4 lin. long, entire, narrowly oblong-linear or linear-lanceolate, subacute or obtuse, with the tips pressed against the basal part of the style-apex, which is either stout and oblong or ovoid-oblong, or more slender, much elongated or narrowly conical, and apparently angular, produced about 3/4 lin. beyond the very short erect rounded anther-appendages; staminal column 1/2 lin. long. From: Brown, NE. 1908. Asclepiadeae. In: WT Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 4(5): 673-864. Lovell Reeve & Co., London. [All rights reserved]

Distribution

Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div.; between Pakhuis and Clanwilliam, Cederberg Range, near Olifants River; Piquetberg Div.: between Piquetberg Mountain and Kruis; Malmesbury Div.: Zwartland, near Hopefleld, Krantzfontein; Tulbagh or Ceres Div.: Tulbagh Kloof, near Ceres; Cape Div.: near Cape Town, near Camps Bay, beyond Maitland Station; Paarl Div.: between Paarl and Simons Berg. Western Region: Little Namaqualand: Kamiesberg Range, between Leliefontein and Krakkeel Kraal, and at Riet Kloof. From: Brown, NE. 1908. Asclepiadeae. In: WT Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 4(5): 673-864. Lovell Reeve & Co., London. [All rights reserved]

Altitude

15 to 945 m

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Residence status

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

FSA

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BOT

NAM

ESW

LES

WC

EC

NC

FS

GA

KZN

LP

MP

NW

Absent

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Invasive

Names and Sources

Accepted name
Eustegia filiformis (L.f.) Schult.
Synonym(s)

Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

PHYLUM Anthophyta

ORDER Gentianales

FAMILY Apocynaceae

SUBFAMILY Asclepiadoideae

TRIBE Asclepiadeae

GENUS Eustegia

SPECIES filiformis

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Specimen records

Barcode: PRE0764783-0 Collector(s) & number: Raimondo, D, 23 | 2007-9-25

South Africa, Western Cape, Malmesbury. District: Malmesbury. Farm: Preekstoel. Veld 1.32 km southwest from farmhouse. 33°25'45.4" S 18°35'44.4" E

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Barcode: PRE0770724-0 Collector(s) & number: Bruyns, P, 5383 | 1992-11-14

South Africa, Western Cape, Kromrivier. Cederbergen.

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Barcode: SAM0000097-0 Collector(s) & number: Davidson, KL, 52 | -9-

South Africa, Western Cape, Hex River Valley. Cape Colony.

General notes: Sandy veldt. Flowers pinky white.

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Barcode: PRE0349934-0 Collector(s) & number: Story, R, PRE 51527 | 1894-8-

South Africa, Western Cape, PIQUETBERG

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Barcode: PRE0648906-0 Collector(s) & number: Bolus, H, s.n. | 1884-11-

South Africa, Western Cape, TOUWS RIVER DIST.; CONSTABLE

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Barcode: PRE0352448-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 23707 | 1965-9-12

South Africa, Western Cape, CERES DIV.; PIENAARS KLOOF; POORT N. OF KLOOF

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Barcode: PRE0549479-0 Collector(s) & number: Bruyns, PV, 5088 | 1991-10-13

South Africa, Western Cape, Blouberg, South of Joyce's Dairy.

General notes: In short fynbos on sand growing amongst bushes. Corolla green, cornea pink and white towards top. Inflorescence very variable in length.

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Barcode: PRE0349932-0 Collector(s) & number: Pappe, PRE 14421 | --

South Africa, Western Cape, CAMPS BAY

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Barcode: SAM0000098-0 Collector(s) & number: Davidson, KL, 52B | --

South Africa, Western Cape, Hex River Valley. Cape Colony.

General notes: Sandy veldt. Very nearly allied to 52a but distinct in character.

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Observation records

Barcode: L.2727137 | Collector(s) & number: Kleinhoonte A , Kleinhoonte, A 233 | 1938-09-10

South Africa

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Barcode: L.2727142 | Collector(s) & number: Schlechter FRR , Schlechter, FRR s.n. | 1897-02-11

South Africa

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Barcode: WAG.1658901 | Collector(s) & number: Schlechter FRR , Schlechter, FRR 11186 | 1897-09-11

South Africa

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2013

SERIES CHAPTER

Apocynaceae Bruyns, PV

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

1999

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

The systematic position of Quaqua (Apocynaceae - Asclepiadoideae) with a critical revision of the species Bruyns, PV

Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 121: 311-402

1997

BOOK

List of southern African succulent plants Smith, GF

Umdaus Press, Pretoria

1908

FLORA

Asclepiadeae Brown, NE

In: WT Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae. Flora Capensis 4(5)673-864

Lovell Reeve & Co., London

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