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Hoodia coleorum Plowes
Asklepios 56: 8 (1992), nom. nov., as 'colei' [Replaced synonym: Trichocaulon pillansii N.E.Br. 1904]
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Hoodia pilifera subs. pillansii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 115(2): 238. 1993 [15 Oct 1993]

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Hoodia pilifera (L.f.) Plowes
Asklepios 56: 10 (1992)
Synonymy: 5 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Hoodia pilifera subs. annulata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 115(2): 235. 1993 [15 Oct 1993]
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Hoodia pilifera subs. pillansii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 115(2): 238. 1993 [15 Oct 1993]
Synonymy: 7
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Hoodia pilifera group

  • Hoodia pilifera (L.f.) Plowes: (subsp. pilifera) flowers purple-brown almost black and without a ring (annulus), up to 20 mm in diameter. Distribution: Eastern Cape, Western Cape.
  • Hoodia pilifera subs. annulata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns: flowers dark purple to black, 20-30 mm in diameter, with spreading lobes.
  • Hoodia pilifera subs. pillansii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns: flowers yellow to pinkish, without the raised rim (annulus) as in the other subspecies.

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