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Sarcostemma viminale (L.) R.Br.
Asclepiadeae 40 1810
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Cynanchum viminale (L.) L.
Mant. Pl. 2: 392 1771 L.

Sarcostemma viminale (Cynanchum viminale) Photo by: Frikkie Hall
Vredefort dome, Free State, South Africa.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cynanchum viminale (L.) L.
Mant. Pl. 2: 392 1771
Synonymy: 15 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cynanchum viminale subs. australe (R.Br.) Meve & Liede
Kew Bull. 67(4): 754. 2012 [6 Sep 2012] [epublished]
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cynanchum viminale subs. brunonianum (Wight & Arn.) Meve & Liede
Kew Bull. 67(4): 754. 2012 [6 Sep 2012] [epublished]
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cynanchum viminale subs. crassicaule Liede & Meve
Novon 15(2): 320 (-323; FIG. 1). 2005 [13 Jul 2005]

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cynanchum viminale subs. mulanjense (Liede & Meve) Goyder
Kew Bull. 63(3): 471. 2009 [2008 publ. 10 Feb 2009]
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cynanchum viminale subs. odontolepis (Balf.f.) Goyder
Kew Bull. 63(3): 471. 2009 [2008 publ. 10 Feb 2009]
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cynanchum viminale subs. orangeanum (Liede & Meve) Liede & Meve
Kew Bull. 67(4): 754. 2012 [6 Sep 2012] [epublished]
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cynanchum viminale subs. stipitaceum (Forssk.) Meve & Liede
Novon 15: 323 2005
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cynanchum viminale subs. stocksii (Hook.f.) Meve & Liede
Kew Bull. 67(4): 754. 2012 [6 Sep 2012] [epublished]
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cynanchum viminale subs. suberosum (Meve & Liede) Goyder
Kew Bull. 63(3): 472. 2009 [2008 publ. 10 Feb 2009]
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cynanchum viminale subs. thunbergii (Don) Liede & Meve
Kew Bull. 67(4): 754. 2012 [6 Sep 2012] [epublished]
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cynanchum viminale subs. welwitschii (Hiern) Liede & Meve
Kew Bull. 67(4): 754. 2012 [6 Sep 2012] [epublished]
Synonymy: 2
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Rapunzel plant, Caustic bush, Caustic creeper, Caustic vine, Leafless milkweed
AFRIKAANS (Afrikaans): Melktou, Melkbos, Spantoumelkbos, Spantou, Wolfsmelk
NDEBELE (SOUTHERN) (isiNdebele): ma belabela
SHONA (ChiShona): nyoku-domba
SOTHO (SOUTHERN) (seSotho): ntlalamela
SWAHILI ( Kiswahili): utupa-wa-pwani
TSONGA (xiTsonga): nneta
TSWANA (Setswana): morar-wane
VENDA (Tshivenḓa / Luvenḓa): mutungu
XHOSA (isiXhosa): umbelebele, umBelenele
ZULU (isiZulu): Ingotsha

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Cynanchum viminale group


19411 giuseppe2 Giuseppe Distefano
Sarcostemma viminale (Cynanchum viminale) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano
19412 giuseppe2 Giuseppe Distefano
Sarcostemma viminale (Cynanchum viminale) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano


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