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Apocynaceae

Subfamily
Tribe Mesechiteae

Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Apocyneae

Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Malouetieae

Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Wrightieae

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Asclepiadeae

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Ceropegieae

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Fockeeae

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Marsdenieae

Subfamily Periplocoideae
Tribe Cryptolepideae

Subfamily Periplocoideae
Tribe Periploceae

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Alyxieae

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Carisseae

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Plumerieae

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Vinceae

W/C = Wild Collected
Huernia pillansii N.E. Br.

  • Common Name: Cocklebur
  • Family: Apocynaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Stems tufted, short, densely covered with conical, recurved, bristle-pointed tubercules; flowers basal, corolla to 1.25 inches across, pale yellow, pinkish in the tube, crimson-spotted and densely papillate except in lower part of tube, lobes lanceolate-acuminate.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198900034
  • Source: Christa's Cactus
  • Accession Date: 12-11-1988
  • Bench: 2203 - XER:Spiny Thicket/Socotra/S Africa
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-24-2010
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Apocynaceae
  • SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
  • Tribe: Ceropegieae
  • SubTribe: Stapelieae
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