Apocynaceae
Ceropegia

Ceropegia lucida Wall.

First published in Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 33 (1831)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Himalaya to Peninsula Malaysia (Penang). It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ahmed, Z.U. & al. (eds.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 6: 1-408. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Jagtap, A.P. & Singh, N.P. (1999). Fascicles of Flora of India 24: 1-332. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
  • Kambale, S.S. & Yadav, S.R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) in India. Rheedea 29: 1-115.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Pullaiah, T., Karuppuswamy, S. & Sri Ramamurthy, K. (2019). Monograph on Brachystelma and Ceropegia in India: 1-345. CRC Press.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kambale, S.S. & Yadav, S.R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) in India. Rheedea 29: 1-115.
  • Pullaiah, T., Karuppuswamy, S. & Sri Ramamurthy, K. (2019). Monograph on Brachystelma and Ceropegia in India: 1-345. CRC Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 28, 1988 Wight, R. [s.n.] Burma K000857816 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1956 Ford, C. [s.n.] Hong Kong K000857832 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1956 Kerr, A., F. G. [2074] Thailand K000910976 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1956 Wilson, E.H. [2316] China K000857833 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8133] K001129042 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8133] K001129044 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keenan, R.L. [s.n.] India K001325174 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8133] K001129043 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8133] Burma K001129045 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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