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Bruyns, P.V. (2005) Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar Volume I Umdaus Press, Hatfield, South Africa
Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. (2017) A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae) South African Journal of Botany 112 399-436
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Stems fleshy, glabrous, 4-5(-6)-angled, tubercled with rudimentary leaves arising from the centre of the tubercle, without stipules. Inflorescence a pedunculate cyme, often arising from the base of the stem. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla shape variable, with or without an annulus; 5-lobed, with 5 minor lobes in the sinuses; inside usually papillose or tuberculate, rarely smooth; margin without cilia. Corona of two rows, each of 5 lobes; inner and outer well separated vertically; outer lobes united to form a disk; inner lobes arising at the top of the staminal column, smooth, simple; usually with a transverse ridge or gibbosity at their base. Follicles erect, glabrous. Seeds with an apical tuft of hairs. Comment: More recent phylogenetic evidence has led to the forming of a very broad concept of the genus Ceropegia including the genus Brachystelma and all known genera within the Stapeliae (Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P., 2017). However we follow Goyder et Al. in Flora Zambesiaca 7(2), 2020 where the inclusion of the Stapeliad genera has not been accepted. Worldwide: 64 species in tropical and South Africa; also Saoudi Arabia Zimbabwe: 14 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
hislopii Turrill subsp. cashelensis (L.C. Leach & Plowes) Bruyns[End][VU] | E | Description |
hislopii Turrill subsp. hislopii | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
hislopii Turrill subsp. robusta L.C. Leach & Plowes[End][VU] | N,W,C | |
hystrix (Hook. f.) N.E. Br. var. hystrix [DD] | S | Description, Image |
kirkii N.E. Br.[DD] | S | Description, Image |
levyi Oberm.[DD] | N,W | Description, Image |
occulta L.C. Leach & Plowes[End][DD] | S | Description, Image |
procumbens (R.A. Dyer) L.C. Leach[LR-lc] | S | Description, Image |
verekeri Stent var. verekeri [DD] | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
verekeri × hislopii subsp. robusta | W,E,S | |
verekeri × longituba subsp. cashelensis | E | |
volkartii Werderm. & Peitscher var. volkartii [LR-lc] | E,S | Description, Image |
volkartii Werderm. & Peitscher var. repens (Lavranos) Lavranos[NrEnd][EN] | E,S | |
zebrina N.E. Br. subsp. zebrina [LR-lc] | S | Description, Image |
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