Apocynaceae

Ceropegia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 211 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Africa to NE. Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bismarck Archipelago, Society Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 7(3): 1-375. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Brown in Dyer in F.T.A. 4(1): 439–464 (1903);
  • Brown in Fl. Cap. 4(1): 804–833 (1909).
  • Bruyns et al. in S. African J. Bot. 112: 399–436 (2017).
  • Ceropegia L., Sp. Pl.: 211 (1753).
  • Dyer in Codd et al., Fl. S. Africa 27(4): 43–82 (1980).
  • Masinde in F.T.E.A., Apocynaceae (part 2): 220–291 (2012).
  • Meve, Ill. Handb. Succ. Pl. Asclepiadaceae: 88–107 (2002).
  • Werdermann in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 70: 189–232 (1939).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Huber, Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 1–203 (1957).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2022 Bidgood, S., Mwasumbi, L.; Vollesen, K. [949] Tanzania K000986955 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 2019 Wild, H. [3912] Zimbabwe K001400202 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 2019 Richards, H.M. [10700] Zambia K001400201 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2019 de Carvalho, M.F. [602] Mozambique K001400200 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2019 Wild, H. [7821] Zimbabwe K001400222 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 2019 Leach, L.C.; Bayliss [11955] Mozambique K001400198 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2019 Richards, H.M. [7289] Zambia K001400196 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2019 Robinson, E.A. [4306] Zambia K001400197 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Wilson, E.H. [4115] China K001273107 No
Mar 1, 2011 Bygrave, P. [82] Thailand K000577174 No
Mar 1, 2011 Middleton, D.J., et al. [2167] Thailand K000577172 No
K:SPC-05321.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [9891] Kenya K:SPC-47154.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7151] Kenya K:SPC-30769.000 No
Tanzania K:SPC-03990.000 No
Bruyns, P. [5843(b)] India K:SPC-59657.000 No
K:SPC-03979.000 No
Sirimongkol, S.; Sapniyomphong, T. [716] Thailand K001930437 No
de Nevers, G. [14487] Guinea K000557379 No
Thomas, D. W.; Crow, E. [10747] Cameroon K000987220 Yes
Masia, N.; Nkadimeng, F.; Gumede, S. [9341] South Africa K009000841 No
Martens, J.; Daams [254] Nepal K:SPC-59660.000 No
van Someren [8415] Kenya K:SPC-03984.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [3160] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-45996.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8145] India K001129066 Unknown Type Material Yes
Law, J.S. [239] India K000894261 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bruyns, P. Nepal K:SPC-62700.000 No
Adams, C.D. Ghana K:SPC-22865.000 No
Law, J.S. [s.n.] India K000894262 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8145] India K001129068 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8145] K001129064 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner [565] Sri Lanka K000894254 Unknown Type Material Yes
Collenette, I.S. [3329] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-45746.000 No
Obermeijer, A.A. [37067] Zimbabwe K:SPC-01928.000 No
van Someren [8414-S62] Kenya K:SPC-05099.000 No
Adams, C.D. [996] Ghana K:SPC-48597.000 No
Cunningham; van Someren [B 1306] Kenya K:SPC-58545.000 No
Bruyns, P. [2494] Nepal K:SPC-59621.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [3326] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-45745.000 No
Archer, P.G. [#197] Kenya K:SPC-58575.000 No
Koopowitz, H. K:SPC-58530.000 No
MacArthur, G.C. [s.n.] Kenya K:SPC-05106.000 No
Dupuy, D.J.; Cribb, P.; Andriantiana, J.; Ranaivojaona, R. [M848] Madagascar K:SPC-71660.000 No
Archer, P. [201] Kenya K:SPC-48596.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-48406.000 No
Archer, P.G. [193] Kenya K:SPC-40459.000 No
Wood, J.R.I. [1829] Yemen K:SPC-46089.000 No
Vosa, C.G. [1734] South Africa K:SPC-49204.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1353] Tanzania K:SPC-01780.000 No
K:SPC-58603.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [S160] Kenya K:SPC-03409.000 No
Gardner [565] Sri Lanka K000894253 Unknown Type Material Yes
Faden, R. [9971/72] Kenya K:SPC-58529.000 No
Masinde, P.S.; et al. [858 B] Kenya K:SPC-61171.000 No
Bally, H. [Bally S238] Kenya K:SPC-58556.000 Type No
Collenette, I.S. South Africa K:SPC-57790.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [6363] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-51530.000 No
unknown [18/6491] Mozambique K:SPC-58553.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2753] Tanzania K:SPC-03975.000 No
Drummond, R.D.; Hemsley, J.H. [1916] Tanzania K:SPC-01930.000 No
Archer, P.G. Kenya K:SPC-49127.000 No
Archer [C132] Kenya K:SPC-58610.000 No
DuPuy, B.; et al. [MB 771] Madagascar K:SPC-60955.000 No
Archer, P.G. [Bally B12366] Kenya K:SPC-58606.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8145] K001129065 Unknown Type Material Yes
Archer, P.G. [C 21] Kenya K:SPC-58573.000 No
Levy, B. Zimbabwe K:SPC-06712.000 No
Archer, P. [187] Kenya K:SPC-48592.000 No
Masinde, P.S.; et al. [858 A] Kenya K:SPC-61167.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [5159] Sierra Leone K:SPC-22880.000 No
Gillett, J.B. [14061] Kenya K:SPC-01047.000 No
Theophilo [Bally S62] Kenya K:SPC-58550.000 Type No
Kambale, S.S. [3130] India K001070967 Isotype Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5918] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-50063.000 No
K:SPC-05315.000 No
DuPuy, B.; et al. [MB 607] Madagascar K:SPC-63573.000 No
Adams, C.D. Ghana K:SPC-48594.000 No
Wilson [20] K:SPC-01030.000 No
Masinde, P.S. [840] Kenya K:SPC-63619.000 Isotype No
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5661] Tanzania K000468763 No
Collenette, I.S. [2616] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-45756.000 No
Bruyns, P. [2488] Nepal K:SPC-62698.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [592] K:SPC-31628.000 No
Branham; Cutler [70/676] South Africa K:SPC-36393.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-48413.000 No
Wood, J.R.I. [Y/75/896] Yemen K:SPC-40762.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8145] India K001129069 Unknown Type Material Yes
Archer, P.G. [402] K:SPC-58600.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [3283] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-44115.000 No
Wild, H. [49353] Zimbabwe K:SPC-01050.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [8637] Kenya K:SPC-03970.000 No
Collenette [3749] K:SPC-49455.000 No
Bruyns, P. [5902] India K:SPC-59656.000 No
Goyder, D.J.; Paton, A.J.; Tawakali, E.J. [3579] Malawi K:SPC-58361.000 No
Greenway, P.J. [9966] K:SPC-31059.000 No
Bally [B 12380] K:SPC-58560.000 No
Milne-Redhead [Bally S227] Tanzania K:SPC-58565.000 No
K:SPC-58578.000 No
Archer, P.G. [389] Kenya K:SPC-49099.000 No
Collenette, J.S. [8262] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-62835.000 No
Robson, N.K. [1162] Malawi K:SPC-01048.000 No
K:SPC-01031.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8145] India K001129067 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bruyns, P. [5921] India K:SPC-59646.000 No
Masinde, P.S. [803] Kenya K:SPC-61173.000 Isotype No
Wild, H. [4789] Zimbabwe K:SPC-30962.000 No
Gillett, J.B. Kenya K:SPC-45870.000 No
Collenette, J.S. [8264] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-58345.000 No
Gillett, J.B. [14316] Ethiopia K:SPC-01925.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3834] Zambia K:SPC-01912.000 No
Archer, P.G. [Bally S214] Kenya K:SPC-58584.000 No
K:SPC-08026.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1155] Tanzania K:SPC-03782.000 No
MacArthur, G.C. [Bally S120] Kenya K:SPC-58568.000 No
Bruyns, P. [2492] Nepal K:SPC-59626.000 No
Kenya K:SPC-54709.000 No
Robertson; Luke [6474] Kenya K:SPC-56450.000 No
Wilson, J. [1488] Uganda K:SPC-60474.000 No
K:SPC-06707.000 No
Bally [S221] Kenya K:SPC-58189.000 No
Bruyns, P. [2152] South Africa K:SPC-49186.000 No
South Africa K:SPC-46741.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [4377] Zambia K:SPC-06714.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [6463] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-53941.000 No
Bayliss [85] Kenya K:SPC-01029.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [6462] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-53937.000 No
South Africa Brachystelma K:SPC-00900.057 No
Wild, H. [2278] Zimbabwe Brachystelma K:SPC-01987.000 No
McLeod, J. Kenya Brachystelma K:SPC-41137.000 No
Brachystelma K000305929 Isotype Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 25856] Nigeria Brachystelma K:SPC-23282.000 No
Stanfield, D.P. [272-67] Nigeria Brachystelma K:SPC-40808.000 No
South Africa Brachystelma K:SPC-00900.571 No
Eyles, F. [8764] Zimbabwe Brachystelma K:SPC-03947.000 No
Jayasuriya; Dassanayake [988] Sri Lanka Brachystelma K:SPC-50341.000 Isotype No
Kenya Brachystelma K:SPC-40406.000 No
Harvey [515] Brachystelma K000305928 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brachystelma K000305927 Type Yes
Jagadeesh, K.M. India Brachystelma K:SPC-32376.000 No
Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Dassanayake, M.D. [988] Sri Lanka Brachystelma K:SPC-33415.000 Isotype No

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    • '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