6860.000 Secamone R. Br.

Goyder, D.J. (1991) Secamone (Asclepiadaceae subfam. Secamonoideae) in Africa Kew Bulletin 47(3) 437-474

Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020) Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2)

Description of the genus

Climbers or lianes. Leaves ± sessile. Flowers in axillary and terminal cymes. Sepals ovate to subcircular. Corolla with short tube; lobes oblong. Corona of 5 simple lobes adnate to staminal column. Anthers 4-locular, with fimbriate membranous appendages. Pollen gathered in 4 small pollinia attached to a soft pale corpuscle. Follicles paired.

Worldwide: c. 100 species in warm regions of the Old World

DRC: 6 taxa.

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Species	Botanical divisions	Content
africana (Oliv.) Bullock
brevipes (Benth.) Klack.		Description, Image
dewevrei De Wild. subsp. dewevrei
erythradenia K. Schum.
punctulata Decne.
racemosa (Benth.) Klack.		Image

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