RARE PLANT RESEARCH
An explanation of the Size Codes and Other Codes can be found in the Code Table
Plant List - Page 6
Species
Size
Codes
Other
Codes
Price
Calibanus hookeri Rose
Famous caudiciform from central Mexico. This is truly a unique caudiciform with grass-like leaves atop a corky-barked blob. Can grow as large as 1m wide!
6"
8"
10"
C
C
C
$16.50
$24.50
$34.50
Caralluma shadhbana Lavr.
Native to Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Maroon flowers.
2"
ST
$4.50
Ceiba acuminata (S.Wats.) Rose
BLM 0172 Jalisco. Bombacaeae. Young plants develop a nice caudex with thorns on the stem.
4"
C
$8.50
Ceiba aesculifolia (HBK) Britt & Baker
BLM 0198 Jalisco. A more rapid grower than C. acuminata. In habitat it is a larger tree.
4"
C,B
$8.50
Cephalopentandra ecirrhosa (Cogn.) C. Jeffery
Cucurbitaceae. Kenya and Ethiopia. Truly one of the plant worlds oddities with a bumpy, waxy-like caudex.
2"
4"
C
C
$9.50
$15.50
* Ceropegia cimiciodora Oberm.
Native to Transvaal. Thick stapeliad-like stems.
4"
ST
$8.50
* Ceropegia stapeliiformis Haw.
Native to Cape Province. Thick stapeliad-like stems.
2"
4"
ST
ST
$4.50
$7.50
Chorisia speciosa
Bombacaceae, a popular pachycaul tree with large conical thorns, fast grower especially if given lots of root run. Argentina.
6"
8"
P,B
P,B
$14.50
$19.50
Cissus insisa
BLM 0258 Nr. Tilden, Texas. Ranges into Mexico. Forms small tuberous roots.
2"
C
$5.50
Cissus sicyoides L.
Mexico and Central American 'tripa de vaca'. Leaves used to cure inflammation and stems for rheumatism. Old specimens resemble habit of Ibervillea.
See Photograph
2"
P
$4.50
Cissus trifoliate (L) L.
BLM 1441 nr. Barahona, Dominican Republic. A non-envasive Cissus that forms a small tuber and succulent leaves. Wide-spread from Mexico to S. America.
2"
C
$4.50
Cissus tuberosa DC.
BLM 0544 Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico. 'Bejuco de coral'. Popular caudiciform, fast grower.
2"
4"
C,ST
C,ST
$4.50
$7.50
Coccinia rehmannii Cogn. AHB 005
Excellent caudciform cucurbit from Botswana.
2"
C
$5.50
Coccinia trilobata
Similar to C. rehmannii, leaves more deeply lobed. Great caudiciform.
2"
C
$4.50
Commiphora glandulosa Schiz.
Widespread from Natal, Transvaal, and Cape Province. Closely related to C. pyracanthoides. Mature plants will have yellow peeling bark. Simple leaves.
4"
B
$14.50
Commiphora guillaminii
A swollen green trunk with yellow peeling bark, make this an attractive species for bonsai.
2"
B,ST
$9.50
Commiphora madagascarensis
Burseraceae. Large pinnate, entire leaves and a fast grower. Easy culture. Rooted cuts.
2"
4"
P,B
P,B
$9.50
$14.50
Commiphora mossambicensis (Oliv.) Engl.
Native to Namibia and Botswana. Trifoliate. Excellent for bonsai.
2"
B
$9.50
Commiphora pyracanthoides Engl.
Type is Otjimbingwe, Namibia, but more common in N. Transvaal. Grows to 3m tall, adults have a green trunk with yellow papery exfoliations, leaves simple or trifoliate. Seedlings.
2"
4"
P,B
P,B
$9.50
$14.50
Commiphora tecomaca (Sesse & Moc.) Bullock
formerly in genus Bursera. One of the rarest Burseras, native only to a small range in Guerrero, Mexico. Trifoliate with a reddish tinge to the leaf ribs. Very attractive.
4"
B
$19.50
Corallocarpus bainesii (Hook.f) A. Meeuse
Formerly Kedrostis bainesii, native to S. Africa and Madagascar, grows an attractive above ground caudex.
2"
4"
C
C
$8.50
$12.50
Crassula streyi Tolken
Native only to Natal. Very popular for garden pots. Deep green leaves with dark red undersides. Striking.
4"
LS, ST
$6.50
Cucurbita aff. gracilior Bailey
Nr. Huahuapan, Oaxaca. Fusiform tuberous roots grow to at least 5cm wide. Small leaves.
2"
4"
C
C
$4.50
$8.50
Cussonia paniculata ssp. sinuate (Reynecke & kok De winter)
Wide spread throughout S. Africa. Nice caucidiform when young with palmate leaves.
2"
B, P
$4.50
Cussonia spicata Thunb.
Not as wide spread as C. paniculata. Leaves less palmate.
2"
B, C
$4.50
Cycas taitungensis
China. Reported to be the fastest growing cycad known. Resembles C. revulata.
8"
ST
$22.50
Cynanchum decaisnianum
Madagascar. Vining type with stipes on the stems.
2"
ST
$4.50
Cynanchum macrolobum
Descoings 28263. Native to the E. side of Isalo plateau in S. Madagascar. Vining stem succulent with a rough, warty surface.
2"
ST
$4.50
Cynanchum marnieranam
Very unusual vining asclepiad from Madagascar.
2"
ST
$5.50
Cynanchum sp.
Unidentified vining asclepiad from Madagascar.
2"
ST
$5.50
Cyphostemma cirrhosum (Thunb.) Descoings ex Wild & Drum.
Native to Transvaal and Natal. These fat seedlings have trifoliate leaves. Rare.
2"
B, P
$9.50
Cyphostemma currorii (Hook. f.) Descoings
Synonymous with C. cramerianus. Native to Namibia and grows into a hugh pachycaul. Similar to C. juteae.
3"
P
$9.50
Cyphostemma elephantopus Desc.
Native to Madagascar. One of the most spectacular of the genus with both a discoid tuber and pachycaul stem with age. See Rauh's Succulents of Madagascar p. 358.
2"
C, P
$12.50
Cyphostemma glabrum
Similar in appearance and habit to C. jutae. Fat seedlings.
2"
P
$9.50
Cyphostemma juttae
Popular pachycaul from S. Africa grows to 1m high and .4m wide!
2"
4"
6"
P
P
P
$5.50
$9.50
$18.50
Cyphostemma lanigerum Harv. Descoings ex Wild & Drum.
Native only to Transvaal and Namibia. Large pachycaul trifoliate with some pubescens.
4"
6"
P
P
$9.50
$14.50
Cyphostemma quinatum (Dryand.) Descoings ex Wild & Drum.
Native only to Cape Province. Similar to C. juttae.
2"
P
$9.50
Cyphostemma sandersonii
Rarer than above, but less compact, smaller.
2"
4"
P
P
$6.50
$9.50
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