Tylophora: A

Observed by Wynand UysWynand Uys's reputation in PlantsWynand Uys's reputation in PlantsWynand Uys's reputation in Plants on 28th February 2013
(Added to iSpot on 28th February 2013)
Tylophora flower closeup
Tylophora closeup
Tylophora flower opening
Tylophora leaves and flowers
Tylophora fruit
Tylophora seeds

Evergreen climber in dense forest undergrowth.
Flowers only noticed late summer.

Location: Blyde River Near Hoedspruit
Identification

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28 February 2013 - 5:39pm — Wynand UysWynand Uys's reputation in PlantsWynand Uys's reputation in PlantsWynand Uys's reputation in Plants

I was put on the trail of Tylophora when I browsed Apocynaceae obs and came across MervynLotter's ob of Tylophora anomala.
So, I googled and came across images that match my ob perfectly at Asclepiad-Exhibition.org There is no verification of their ID for this plant other than the following: "Tylophora inhambanensis
Grown from a seed packet originally purchased as Riocreuxia torulosa, it became very obvious when the plant flowered that something was amiss as the flowers are clearly not those of the Ceropegia like genus Riocreuxia. I am very much indebted to Ulrich Meve for his help in identifying my mystery plant as Tylophora inhambanensis from the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa."

Well, that's all I have.

Any help with the ID will be most welcome.

Curiously..

28 February 2013 - 5:43pm — Wynand UysWynand Uys's reputation in PlantsWynand Uys's reputation in PlantsWynand Uys's reputation in Plants

and with reference to the above quote:
This ob was made only meters away from the Riocreuxia torulosa ob. .

Were I the seed supplier, I could well have mixed them up.

T. lyciodes

1 March 2013 - 10:33am — Cassine
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Plants expert

I photographed the same thing recently and will put it up as soon as computer problems are sorted. Thanks Pieter Bester for his help with the ID.

Tylophora inhambanensis is evidently a Mozambique species and not sure how this differs. This is another matter.

The Tropicos record above shows a record to an old 1987 Checklist produced by the National Herbarium. Then looking in Sclechter's own paper in 1905 I see he cited the type specimen from "Zulu-Natal: im walde bei Machisugu". The latter Massinga (Machingas or Machisugu) thus being a source of the minor confusion. Robert

Excellent!

1 March 2013 - 10:56am — Wynand UysWynand Uys's reputation in PlantsWynand Uys's reputation in PlantsWynand Uys's reputation in Plants

Thanks, Robert.

Our riverine vegetation is almost unbroken into Mozambique (Blyde- Olifants, Rio'd Elephantes), but the drainage system comes nowhere near Inhambane.

Prevailing winds are SE and NW, suggesting a more likely seed exchange route between ourselves and KZN.

Hope your technical glitches are sorted soon. When you post your images, iSpot will be the sole repository (at least for the time being) of T. lycioides images.