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Taxon:
Caralluma acutangula
(Decne.) N. E. Br.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Caralluma
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:
Ceropegieae
Subtribe:
Stapeliinae
Nomen number:
448339
Place of publication:
Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 12:369. 1892
Verified:
04/12/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Desmidorchis acutangula
Decne.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Boucerosia russeliana
Brongn.
Caralluma russeliana
(Brongn.) Cufod.
Desmidorchis retrospiciens
Ehrenb.
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Reference(s)
Albers, F. & U. Meve, eds.
2002. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Asclepiadaceae 47.
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
1989-. Flora of Ethiopia
Note:
Eritrea added in 2000
Meve, U. & S. Liede.
2002. A molecular phylogeny and generic rearrangement of the stapelioid Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae).
Pl. Syst. Evol.
234:201.
Note:
=
Desmidorchis acutangula
Decne.
Thulin, M., ed.
1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Note:
=
Desmidorchis retrospiciens
Ehrenb.
Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Common names
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Chad
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mauritania
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Niger
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Saudi Arabia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Somalia
,
Chad
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Uganda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mali
,
Mauritania
,
Niger
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia
,
Yemen
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
fide Use Pl WT Afr 1:224. 1985, as
C. russelliana
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025
. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL:
https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=448339
. Accessed
15 May 2025
.
Name
References