Apocynaceae
Ceropegia

Ceropegia ahmarensis Masinde

First published in Kew Bull. 55: 225 (2000)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NW. Somalia. It is a scrambling tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type
N1, “Ga-an Libah”, Bailes 81 (K holo.)
Morphology General Habit
Scrambling herb, glabrous except for leaf margins and corona; rootstock not seen, probably a cluster of fleshy fusiform roots; stems ± succulent
Morphology Leaves
Petiole 3–4 mm long; blade lanceolate, 12–17 × 5–6 mm, base cuneate-rounded, apex acute, margin finely ciliolate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence subsessile, umbel-like, up to 4-flowered; peduncle c. 4 mm long; pedicel c. 3 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals c. 2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla c. 24 mm long, ascending, outside glabrous, colouring not recorded, but apparently without markings; tube c. 17 mm long, basal swelling c. 4 mm wide, not sharply delimited, upper part of tube c. 2 mm wide, widening slightly to c. 3 mm at mouth, interior glabrous except for a few hairs at top of basal swelling; lobes linear, c. 7 mm long, remaining attached at tip to form ovoid cage, auriculate at base to form small recurved sinus projections, apex apiculate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corona
Outer corona-lobes 2-toothed with a broad rounded sinus, slightly higher than bases of inner lobes, teeth erect, acute, margins stiffly ciliate; inner lobes linear-spathulate, connivent, glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Follicles c. 8 cm long, narrowly divergent.
Distribution
N1 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range c. 1650 m.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0