Tavaresia

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Tavaresia (derivation unexplained). Asclepiadaceae. Succulent stapelia-like perennials, branching at the base: sts. 6-12-angled, angles tuberculate, toothed, each tubercle with 3 bristles: fls. large and showy, in sessile cymes at base of young sts.; calyx 5-parted; corolla large, tubular-funnel-shaped, 5-lobed; crown double, outer shortly tubular at base, then divided into 10 long filiform segms., each terminated by a knob, inner crown of 5 narrow lobes; staminal column arising from base of corolla. Two species, Trop. and S. Afr. T. Barklyi, N. E. Br. Glabrous: sts. 3-4 in. high, thick, fleshy, cylindrical, 10-12-angled, tubercles white-bristled: cymes sessile, few-fld.: corolla smooth, pale greenish or greenish white spotted with purple-red outside, inside papillate, pale yellowish, covered with small purple-red spots, base entirely purple-red; knobs of the filiform outer crown-segms. globular. Trop. and S. Afr. B.M. 6203. G.C. III. 27:210 (both as Decabelone Barklyi). G.W. 15, p. 117. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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