Duvalia

Duvalia
Duvalia corderoyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Duvalia
Haw. 1812 not Bonpland 1813 nor Nees 1818

Duvalia is a plant genus in the tribe Stapeliae, milkweed subfamily Asclepiadoideae, in the family Apocynaceae (dogbane). The genus was first described in 1812, named after the French physician and botanist Henri-Auguste Duval (1777-1814).[1] It can be found on the Arabian peninsula, in tropical Africa and South Africa.[2][3]

The Duvalia species are succulent, perennial plants with low, planar growth. The shoots are clavate, cylindrical to spherical, in cross-section four-, five-or six-edged, and to about 10 inches long. They can range from green, gray to mottled reddish in color. The flower stems are long and bare. The hermaphroditic flowers measure 1-5 cm in diameter, and have five parts. The crown is yellow ocher, brown, red to dark purple. The five corolla lobes are flat or folded along the middle nerve.

Species[4]
  1. Duvalia anemoniflora (Deflers) R.A. Dyer & Lavranos - Arabia
  2. Duvalia angustiloba N.E.Br. - South Africa
  3. Duvalia caespitosa (Masson) Haw. - South Africa
  4. Duvalia corderoyi (Hook.f.) N.E.Br. - South Africa
  5. Duvalia eilensis Lavranos - Somalia
  6. Duvalia elegans (Masson) Haw. - South Africa
  7. Duvalia galgallensis Lavranos - Somalia
  8. Duvalia gracilis Meve - Cape Province
  9. Duvalia immaculata (C.A.Lückh.) M.B.Bayer ex L.C.Leach - South Africa
  10. Duvalia maculata N.E.Br. - South Africa
  11. Duvalia modesta N.E.Br. - South Africa
  12. Duvalia parviflora N.E.Br. - Cape Province
  13. Duvalia pillansii N.E.Br. - Cape Province
  14. Duvalia polita N.E.Br. - South Africa
  15. Duvalia pubescens N.E.Br. - Cape Province
  16. Duvalia somalensis Lavranos - Somalia
  17. Duvalia sulcata N.E.Br. - Arabia
  18. Duvalia velutina Lavranos - Saudi Arabia
  19. Duvalia vestita'' Meve - Cape Province
formerly included[4]

transferred to Mannia

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References

  1. Haworth, Adrian Hardy. 1812. Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum: cum descriptionibus, synonymis, locis, observationibus anglicanis, culturaque 44.
  2. Tropicos Duvalia
  3. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. 4.0 4.1 The Plant List, Duvalia

Portions of this page were translated from the equivalent page on the German wikipedia accessed July 3, 2012