''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 ...

, 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 List of taxa named by anagrams, taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the genus ''Bullockia (plant) ...

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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 Botani ...

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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 t ...

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

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9066635 Apocynaceae genera Periplocoideae