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Genus: Brachystelma

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae

About 100 species, native to Africa and India to Australia, with 97 species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Brachystelma alpinum

 

Brachystelma angustum

 

Brachystelma arnotii

 

Brachystelma australe

 

Brachystelma barberae

 

Brachystelma bikitaense

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma blepharanthera

 

Brachystelma brevipedicellatum

 

Brachystelma bruceae

 

Brachystelma buchananii

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma burchellii

[= Macropetalum burchellii]

 

Brachystelma caffrum

 

Brachystelma campanulatum

 

Brachystelma canum

 

Brachystelma cathcartense

 

Brachystelma chloranthum

[= Tenaris chlorantha]

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma chlorozonum

 

Brachystelma christianeae

[= Tenaris chirstianeae]

 

Brachystelma circinatum

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma coddii

 

Brachystelma codonanthum

 

Brachystelma comptum

 

Brachystelma cummingii

 

Brachystelma cupulatum

 

Brachystelma decipiens

 

Brachystelma delicatum

 

Brachystelma dimorphum

 

Brachystelma dinteri

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma discoideum

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma duplicatum

 

Brachystelma dyeri

 

Brachystelma elongatum

 

Brachystelma filifolium

[= Tenaris filifolia]

 

Brachystelma floribundum

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma foetidum

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma franksiae

 

Brachystelma furcatum

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma gemmeum

 

Brachystelma gerrardii

 

Brachystelma glenense

 

Brachystelma gracile

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma gracillimum

 

Brachystelma gymnopodum

 

Brachystelma hirtellum

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma huttonii

 

Brachystelma incanum

 

Brachystelma inconspicuum

 

Brachystelma kerzneri

 

Brachystelma lancasteri

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma longifolium

 

Brachystelma luteum

 

Brachystelma macropetalum

 

Brachystelma meyerianum

 

Brachystelma micranthum

 

Brachystelma minimum

 

Brachystelma minor

 

Brachystelma modestum

 

Brachystelma molaventi

 

Brachystelma montanum

 

Brachystelma nanum

 

Brachystelma natalense

See Singh et al. (1997)

 

Brachystelma ngomense

 

Brachystelma occidentale

 

Brachystelma oianthum

 

Brachystelma pachypodium

 

Brachystelma parvulum

 

Brachystelma perditum

 

Brachystelma petraeum

 

Brachystelma plocamoides

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma praelongum

 

Brachystelma pruinosum

 

Brachystelma pulchellum

 

Brachystelma punctatum

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma pygmaeum

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma ramosissimum

 

Brachystelma recurvatum

 

Brachystelma remotum

 

Brachystelma richardsii

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma rubellum

[= Tenaris rostrata, Tenaris rubella, Tenaris simulans, Tenaris volkensii]

 

Brachystelma sandersonii

 

Brachystelma schinzii

 

Brachystelma schizoglossoides

 

Brachystelma schoenlandianum

 

Brachystelma schultzei

[= Tenaris schultzei]

 

Brachystelma setosum

 

Brachystelma stellatum

 

Brachystelma stenophyllum

 

Brachystelma swazicum

 

Brachystelma tabularium

 

Brachystelma tavalla

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Brachystelma tenellum

 

Brachystelma tenue

 

Brachystelma theronii

 

Brachystelma thunbergii

 

Brachystelma tuberosum

 

Brachystelma vahrmeijeri

 

Brachystelma villosum

 

Publications

  • Balkwill, K. & Balkwill, M.-J. 1988. Studies on serpentine flora: a new species of Brachystelma R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae). South African Journal of Botany 54: 60–62.

  • Bruyns, P.V. 1984. Ceropegia, Brachystelma and Tenaris in South West Africa. Dinteria 17: 3–80.

  • Singh, Y., Nicholas, A. & Pooley, E. 1997. Brachystelma natalense (Asclepiadaceae). Flowering Plants of Africa 55: 96–101.

  • Venter, S. 1988. A new species of Brachystelma (Asclepiadaceae) from the Transvaal, Republic of South Africa. Excelsa 13: 106–108.