''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. Notable mem ...
, 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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[The Plant List, ''Raphionacme'']
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;formerly included[
transferred to other genera ''( Buckollia, 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
Raphionacme angolensis flower.jpg, '' Raphionacme angolensis''
File:Raphionacme galpinii 1157.jpg, ''Raphionacme galpinii'' in bud
File:Raphionacme galpinii 1DS-II 3-3049.jpg, ''Raphionacme galpinii'' in bloom
File:Raphionacme hirsuta00.jpg, ''Raphionacme hirsuta''
File:Raphionacme hirsuta 1DS-II 3-1217.jpg, ''Raphionacme hirsuta''
File:Raphionacme hirsuta 1DS-II 3-1201.jpg, ''Raphionacme hirsuta''
Fruits
File:Raphionacme hirsuta 5Dsr 6959.jpg, ''Raphionacme hirsuta''
File:Raphionacme hirsuta 1DS-II 3-7189.jpg, ''Raphionacme hirsuta'' single fruit
Caudex/tuber
File:Raphionacme angolensis.jpg, ''Raphionacme angolensis''
File:Raphionacme burkeri (Jardin des Plantes de Paris).jpg, ''Raphionacme burkeri''
File:Raphionacme flanaganii kz1.jpg, ''Raphionacme flanaganii''
File:Botswana 063.jpg, Khoisan
Khoisan ( ) or () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for the various Indigenous peoples of Africa, indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who traditionally speak non-Bantu languages, combining the Khoekhoen and the San people, Sān peo ...
man drinking stored water from caudex of ''bi'' (''Raphionacme velutina'')
References
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Apocynaceae genera
Periplocoideae
Taxa named by William Henry Harvey