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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 Unpublished list.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. Derivation of name: from Greek: keros, meaning wax and pege, a stream of fountains, referring to the waxy nature of some of the flowers. 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: 27 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinica Decne. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| achtenii De Wild. subsp. achtenii | N | |
| claviloba Werderm. | E | |
| crassifolia Schltr. var. crassifolia | N,W,C | |
| euryachme Schltr. | N,W,C,E | |
| linearis E. Mey. subsp. debilis (N.E. Br.) H. Huber | C | |
| linearis E. Mey. subsp. linearis | N,C | |
| linearis E. Mey. subsp. woodii (Schltr.) H. Huber | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| lugardiae N.E. Br. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| meyeri Decne. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| meyeri-johannis Engl. var. verdickii (De Wild.) Werderm. | N,C,E | |
| multiflora Baker subsp. tentacula (N.E. Br.) H. Huber | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| nilotica Kotschy | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| pachystelma Schltr. | W | |
| papillata N.E.Br. | C | Description, Image |
| paricyma N.E. Br. | E | |
| purpurascens K. Schum. | N,W,E | Description, Image |
| pygmaea Schinz var. pumila (N.E. Br.) H. Huber | N,W,C,E,S | |
| racemosa N.E. Br. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| racemosa N.E. Br. subsp. secamonoides (S. Moore) H. Huber | N | |
| rendallii N.E. Br. | W,E | |
| sankuruensis Schltr. | C,E | |
| sobolifera N.E. Br. | N,C | Description, Image |
| sp. no. 1 [NrEnd?] | E | Description, Image |
| stenantha K. Schum. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| verruculosa (R.A. Dyer) D.V. Field | W,E,S | |
| volubilis N.E. Br. | N,W,C |
Other sources of information about Ceropegia:
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Flora of Botswana: CeropegiaFlora of Caprivi: Ceropegia
Flora of Malawi: Ceropegia
Flora of Mozambique: Ceropegia
Flora of Zambia: Ceropegia
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Ceropegia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ceropegia
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): CeropegiaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Ceropegia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ceropegia
Wikipedia: Ceropegia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ceropegia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ceropegia
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