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 Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, 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, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bismarck Archipelago, Society Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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?
Mar 1, 2011 Middleton, D.J. et al. [2167], Thailand K000577172 No
1031.000 No
Gillett, J.B. [14061], Kenya 1047.000 No
Robson, N.K. [1162], Malawi 1048.000 No
Wild, H. [49353], Zimbabwe 1050.000 No
Polhill, R. [1353], Tanzania 1780.000 No
Gillett, J.B. [14316], Ethiopia 1925.000 No
Obermeijer, A.A. [37067], Zimbabwe 1928.000 No
Drummond, R.D. [1916], Tanzania 1930.000 No
Adams, C.D., Ghana 22865.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [7151], Kenya 30769.000 No
Wild, H. [4789], Zimbabwe 30962.000 No
Greenway, P.J. [9966] 31059.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [592] 31628.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [S160], Kenya 3409.000 No
Polhill, R. [1155], Tanzania 3782.000 No
Tanzania 3990.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [3283], Saudi Arabia 44115.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [3326], Saudi Arabia 45745.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [3329], Saudi Arabia 45746.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [2616], Saudi Arabia 45756.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [3160], Saudi Arabia 45996.000 No
Wood, J.R.I. [1829], Yemen 46089.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [9891], Kenya 47154.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] 48406.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] 48413.000 No
Archer, P. [187], Kenya 48592.000 No
Adams, C.D., Ghana 48594.000 No
Archer, P. [201], Kenya 48596.000 No
Adams, C.D. [996], Ghana 48597.000 No
Collenette [3749] 49455.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [5918], Saudi Arabia 50063.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [6363], Saudi Arabia 51530.000 No
MacArthur, G.C. [s.n.], Kenya 5106.000 No
5321.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [6462], Saudi Arabia 53937.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [6463], Saudi Arabia 53941.000 No
Koopowitz, H. 58530.000 No
Cunningham [B 1306], Kenya 58545.000 No
unknown [18/6491], Mozambique 58553.000 No
Archer, P.G. [C 21], Kenya 58573.000 No
DuPuy, B. [MB 771], Madagascar 60955.000 No
DuPuy, B. [MB 607], Madagascar 63573.000 No
Levy, B., Zimbabwe 6712.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [4377], Zambia 6714.000 No
Dupuy, D.J. [M848], Madagascar 71660.000 No
Bidgood, S. [5661], Tanzania K000468763 No
Wild, H. [2278], Zimbabwe Brachystelma 1987.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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