Orbea caudata (N.E. Br.) Bruyns
subsp. rhodesiaca (L.C. Leach) Bruyns

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Maleme Dam, near camp site

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Lake Kyle Recreational Park

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Synonyms:	Caralluma caudata N.E. Br. Caralluma caudata N.E. Br. var. chibensis (C.A. Luckh.) C.A. Luckh. Caralluma chibensis C.A. Luckh. Ceropegia caudata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns subsp. rhodesiaca (L.C. Leach) Bruyns Orbeopsis caudata N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach subsp. rhodesiaca (L.C. Leach) L.C. Leach Orbeopsis chibensis (C.A. Luckh.) Plowes
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Status:	Native
Description:	Low-growing succulent perennial. A dwarf form has been recorded from the lower Save Valley. Branches greyish-green, mottled darker green with long softly spine-like teeth. Flowers star-shaped, 6-10 cm in diameter with corolla tapering to a long point, lemon-yellow, spotted with purple; lobes often fringed with paddle-shaped purple hairs.
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Derivation of specific name:	caudata: abruptly ending in a long tail-like tip; rhodesiaca: of rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
Habitat:	In areas of granite kopjes, growing in leaf litter under trees
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Worldwide distribution:	Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and Caprivi-Namibia.
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Literature:	Bruyns, P.V. (2002). Monograph of Orbea and Ballyanthus (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae) Systematic Botany Monographs 63 Pages 102 - 106. (Includes a picture). Bruyns, P.V. (2005). Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar Volume I Umdaus Press, Hatfield, South Africa Pages 257 - 259. (Includes a picture). Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia Strelitzia 34 SANBI, Pretoria, South Africa Pages 116 - 117. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 27. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 162. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 215 - 216. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 74. (Includes a picture). Leach, L.C. (1978). A contribution towards a new classification of Stapelieae* (Asclepiadaceae) with a preliminary review of Orbea Haw. and descriptions of three new genera* Excelsa Taxonomic Series No. 1 Aloe, Cactus and Succulent Society of Zimbabwe Page 68. as Orbeopsis caudata subsp. rhodesiaca 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 21. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 28.

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