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Huernia clavigera (Jacq.) Haw.
Suppl. Pl. Succ. 10. 1819 [May 1819]
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Huernia barbata (Masson) Haw.
Syn. Pl. Succ. 31 1812

Huernia clavigera Photo by: Luiza Ferreira

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Huernia barbata (Masson) Haw.
Syn. Pl. Succ. 31 1812
Synonymy: 15 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Huernia barbata subs. ingeae (Lavranos) Bruyns
Stapeliads S. Africa Madagascar 1: 176. 2005
Synonymy: 2
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Huernia barbata group

  • Huernia barbata (Masson) Haw.: has creamy, urn-shaped flowers marked with maroon speckling, with long stiff, purple often clavate hairs in mouth and lobes. Distribution: Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, Free State) and Lesotho.
  • Huernia clavigera (Jacq.) Haw.: flowers bell-shaped ochre-yellow or dull greenish-yellow covered with purple-brown warts and blood-red spots and throat (but not the lobes) covered with clavate purple hairs. Distribution: Western Cape, Northern Cape

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Huernia clavigera Photo by: Luiza Ferreira
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Huernia clavigera Photo by: Luiza Ferreira

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Huernia clavigera Photo by: Luiza Ferreira
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