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6874.000 Ceropegia
Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. (2017) A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae) South African Journal of Botany 112 399-436
Dyer, R.A. (1980) Asclepiadaceae: Brachystelma, Ceropegia and Riocreuxia Flora of Southern Africa 27(4) 1 - 88
Goyder, D.J. (2007) Zimbabwean Asclepiadaceae. Unpublished list.
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs, mostly climbing or scrambling, sometimes erect, with tubers or fleshy or fibrous roots. Leaves opposite, simple, sometimes succulent. Flowers in umbel-like clusters, racemes or 1-several at the nodes. Sepals 5. Corolla tubular, usually with an inflated base; lobes free or connate into a cage or umbrella-like structure. Corona 2-seriate. Follicles fusiform. Seeds narrowly winged with an apical tuft of hairs. Comment: For this genus we follow the concepts of Meve. 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). We will await a broader form of acceptance of this new concept before changing the taxonomy in our database. Worldwide: 160 species in Arabia, Africa, Madagascar and Australia Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. Insects associated with this genus:
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| linearis E. Mey. subsp. woodii (Schltr.) H. Huber | Description, Image |
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Flora of Zambia: cultivated Ceropegia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ceropegia
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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): CeropegiaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Ceropegia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ceropegia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ceropegia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ceropegia
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