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Apteranthes burchardii (N.E.Br.) Plowes
Haseltonia 3: 61 1995
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Caralluma burchardii N.E.Br.
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 121 1913.

Apteranthes burchardii (Caralluma burchardii) Photo by: Amante Darmanin
Opened flower. Barranco Palomares, Fuerteventura, Canary.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Caralluma burchardii N.E.Br.
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 121 1913.
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Caralluma burchardii subs. maura (Maire) Meve & F.Albers
Nordic J. Bot. 15: 465 1995 publ. 1996
Synonymy: 6
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Common Names include:
GERMAN (Deutsch): Burchards Fliegenblume
SPANISH (Español): Cuernúa, Chumberilla de lobo

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Caralluma burchardii group

  • Caralluma burchardii N.E.Br.: 2n = 132 chromosomes. Distribution: eastern islands of the Canary Islands (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Lobos and La Graciosa).
  • Caralluma burchardii subs. maura (Maire) Meve & F.Albers: 2n = 66 chromosomes. Distribution: Morocco (Atlantic coast from north of Agadir to Oued Noun, and extending inland to the westernmost slopes of the Anti-Atlas).

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Apteranthes burchardii (Caralluma burchardii) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano
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C. burchardii ssp. burchardii. Near Mala, Lanzarote (Caralluma burchardii) Photo by: Amante Darmanin

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C. burchardii ssp. burchardii. Near Mala, Lanzarote (Caralluma burchardii) Photo by: Amante Darmanin
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Flowers are beginning to open on C. burchardii ssp. burchardii . Barranco Palomares, Fuerteventura. (Caralluma burchardii) Photo by: Amante Darmanin

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In habitat. Notice a crab spider that seems to have adapted to this plant by taking the colour of the calyx. (Caralluma burchardii) Photo by: Amante Darmanin
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Notice a small fly near the flower. Near Guatiza, Lanzarote. (Caralluma burchardii) Photo by: Amante Darmanin

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Horned fruit of C. burchardii ssp. burchardii . Barranco Palomares, Fuerteventura. (Caralluma burchardii) Photo by: Amante Darmanin
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Fruits are emerging from C. burchardii ssp. burchardii. Near Montana De la Arena, Fuerteventura. (Caralluma burchardii) Photo by: Amante Darmanin


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