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Brachystelma barberae

Brachystelma barberae
Common names: platvoetaasblom (Afr.)
Family: Apocynaceae

... S.P. Bester Pretoria National Herbarium September 2008 Brachystelma barberae is a perennial, geophytic dwarf herb. ... seeds are numerous and tightly packed within the fruit. In Brachystelma, either a tuber (as in B. barberae ) or a ... ) to large with an even more potent odour ( B. foetidum ). Brachystelma is found in Africa, India and Australia. About ...

08 / 09 / 2008 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Brachystelma foetidum

Brachystelma foetidum
Common names: Hottentots bread (Eng); Hotnotsbrood, Hottentotsbrood (Afr); seru (Sesotho).
Family: Apocynaceae

... Machete Free State National Botanical Garden August 2018 Brachystelma foetidum is a perennial herbaceous geophyte ... a very unpleasant smell. Out of all species in the genus Brachystelma , B. foetidum has the most unmistakable flower ... Apocynaceae,employ this airborne method of seed dispersal. Brachystelma foetidum is widespread in grassveld, meadows, ...

06 / 08 / 2018 | Lufuno Nenungwi | Free State NBG
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Brachystelma gerrardii

Brachystelma gerrardii
Common names: Gerrard’s Brachystelma (Eng.)
Family: Apocynaceae

... Dr Adam Shuttleworth, Dr Annemarie Heiduk and Alison Young Brachystelma gerrardii is a perennial herb found in rocky ... Mpumalanga and Eswatini (previously known as Swaziland). Brachystelma gerrardii is found in grasslands, where it ... where the black form occurs, is conserved. All species of Brachystelma are assumed to be fly-pollinated. Small flies ...

29 / 03 / 2021 | Aaliyah Motala | CREW
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Brachystelma modestum

Flowers and leaves (David Styles)
Common names: none known
Family: Apocynaceae

... Parbhoo Threatened Species Programme September 2007   Brachystelma modestum is a perennial, dwarf herb with a ... the plants frequent soil pockets between the rocks. Brachystelma modestum owes its survival in this habitat to ... is not known, it is possibly pollinated by flies. Brachystelma Although Brachystelma modestum occurs in a ...

22 / 10 / 2007 | Suvarna Parbhoo | TSP
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