Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 26

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-COMMON_NAMES- Variegated Stapelia
-GENUS- Stapelia 
-SPECIES- Stapelia variegata
-CLASS- Pentandria
-ORDER- Digynia
-AUTHORITY- Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS- Orbea
-MODERN_SPECIES- Orbea variegata
-MODERN_FAMILY- Asclepiadaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial 
-COLOR- yellow with maroon spots
-SEASON- stove plant
-NATIVE_REGION- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 1
-PUB_DATE- 1787
-REISSUED- 1793
-EDITOR- William Curtis
-ARTIST- J. Sowerby
-NALPCD- Disc 0644 IMG0023.PCD