Biology:Hoodia flava
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Short description: Species of succulent
| Hoodia flava | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Hoodia |
| Species: | H. flava
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| Binomial name | |
| Hoodia flava (N.E.Br.) Plowes
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Hoodia flava is a succulent native to the Cape Province in South Africa and to Namibia.[1] It has a unique pattern of distribution, growing inside bushes or on gravelly slopes and hills.[2] It is commonly known as ghaap or yellow-flowered ghaap in the Afrikaans language.[3]
Description
Leafless and branchless, H. flava grows as cylindrical green stems up to 6 inches in height and 2 inches in diameter, with 20-30 longitudinal ribs of mammillae, each one featuring a thin, brown spine on its crest.[3] Yellow flowers appear in winter on the youngest parts of the plants near the top.
Cultivation
This plant should be watered during its growing season and then sparsely otherwise.[3]
References
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Hoodia flava | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 18 July 2015 }}
- ↑ "Hoodia in Namibia". http://www.nbri.org.na/sites/default/files/Hoodia_booklet.pdf. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Hoodia flava (N.E.Br.) Plowes". LLIFLE - Encyclopedia of Living Forms. http://llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Asclepiadaceae/18697/Hoodia_flava. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
Wikidata ☰ Q5897571 entry
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