Apocynaceae
Ceropegia

Ceropegia distincta N.E.Br.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 262 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar). It is a semisucculent climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Tanzania

Accepted Infraspecifics

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, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Archer, Kenya Ceropegia Scrapb.: 131, XXVI (1992)
  • Cact. Succ. J. (US) 6: 107 (1999).
  • E.J. 70: 207 (1939)
  • F.T.A. 4(1): 443 (1903)
  • K.B. 1895: 262 (1895)
  • K.B. 36: 441 (1981)
  • Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 88 (1958)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1978 Kirk [28] Tanzania K000305494 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Lugard, E.J. [262] Botswana K000305466 Type Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1364] Tanzania K:SPC-03776.000 No
Archer, P.G. [C 28] Kenya K:SPC-58519.000 No
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K000305467 Type Yes
Archer, P.G. [126] Kenya K:SPC-40112.001 No
Masinde, P.S. [860] Kenya K:SPC-61168.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [12191] Kenya K:SPC-27621.000 No
K:SPC-53690.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [5321A] K:SPC-40815.000 No
Faulkner, H.G. [2679] Tanzania K:SPC-45089.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1616] Tanzania K:SPC-03716.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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