''Raphionacme'' is a plant genus in the family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...

, first described as a genus in 1842. The genus is found primarily in Africa, with one species on the Arabian Peninsula.Miller, Anthony G. & Biagi, J. A. 1988. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 45(1): 61

Species

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Buckollia ''Buckollia'' is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1994. It is native to eastern Africa. Etymology ''Buckollia'' is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the genus '' Bullockia''. The latter name is a taxonomic pa ...

, Chlorocyathus,

Schlechterella ''Schlechterella'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae (the dogbane family). It is native to Africa, found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda. , the genus contained two species: * ''Schlechterella abyssinica ...

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Gallery

Flowers

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Raphionacme angolensis ''Raphionacme'' is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1842. The genus is found primarily in Africa, with one species on the Arabian Peninsula.Miller, Anthony G. & Biagi, J. A. 1988. Notes from the Royal Botan ...

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Fruits

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Caudex/tuber

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Khoisan Khoisan , or (), according to the contemporary Khoekhoegowab orthography, is a catch-all term for those indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who do not speak one of the Bantu languages, combining the (formerly "Khoikhoi") and the or ( in ...

man drinking stored water from caudex of ''bi'' (''Raphionacme velutina'')

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9066635 Apocynaceae genera Periplocoideae