Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Ancylobothrys > Ancylobothrys petersianaAncylobothrys petersianaSynonyms: Ancylobothrys rotundifolia; Landolphia angustifolia; Landolphia monteiroae; Landolphia monteiroi; Landolphia petersiana (homotypic); Landolphia petersiana var. rotundifolia; Landolphia petersiana var. rufa; Landolphia petersiana var. tubeufii (homotypic); Landolphia scandens var. angustifolia; Landolphia scandens var. petersiana; Landolphia scandens var. rotundifolia; Landolphia scandens var. stuhlmanniana; Landolphia scandens var. tubeufii; Landolphia senensis; Pacouria angustifolia; Pacouria petersiana (homotypic); Willughbeia petersiana (homotypic); Willughbeia senensis Ancylobothrys petersiana grows as a climbing shrub up to 6 metres (20 ft) tall. Its fragrant flowers feature a creamy or white corolla. Fruit is spherical, up to 6 centimetres (2.4 in) in diameter. Vernacular names include "climbing wild apricot". Habitat is woodland and rocky hillsides. A. petersiana is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the Comoros and Madagascar. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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