Ceropegia racemosa N.E.Br.

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
• Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
• Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 7(3): 1-375. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530.
• Hedberg, I., Edwards, S. & Nemomissa, S. (eds.) (2003). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 4(1): 1-352. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia. Strelitzia 34: 1-158. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Ceropegia carnosa.]
• Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Ceropegia affinis.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

• Bullock in Kew Bull. 9: 591 (1955)
• F.T.A. 4, 1: 456
• H. Huber in Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 93.
• Werderman in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 70: 207 (1939)
• in Kew Bull. 1895: 262

Flora Zambesiaca

• Archer, Kenya CeropegiaScrapb.: 43, IX (1992);
• Archer, in Upland Kenya Wild. Fl. ed. 2: 184 (1974).
• Bullock in F.W.T.A. ed. 2 2: 102 (1963).
• Bullock in Kew Bull. 9: 591 (1955);
• Dyer in Codd et al., Fl. S. Africa 27(4): 63–64 (1980).
• Gilbert in Hedberg & Edwards in Fl. Somalia 3: 173 (2006).
• Gilbert in Hedberg & Edwards, Fl. Ethiopia Eritrea 4(1)166 fig.140.36.1–3 (2003);
• Huber in Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 93–97 (1958).
• Masinde in F.T.E.A., Apocynaceae (part 2): 261 (2012).
• N.E. Br. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 262 (1895);
• N.E. Br. in F.T.A. 4(1): 456 (1903).
• Werdermann in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 70: 207 (1939).

Kew Backbone Distributions

• Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
• Berhaut, J. (1971). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 1: 1-626. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
• Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 7(3): 1-375. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530.
• Hedberg, I., Edwards, S. & Nemomissa, S. (eds.) (2003). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 4(1): 1-352. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
• Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of Somalia

• Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

• Cact. Succ. J. (US) 6: 107–114 (1999)
• E.J. 70: 207 (1939)
• F.T.A. 4(1): 456 (1903)
• F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 102 (1963)
• Fl. Eth. 4(1): 166 (2003)
• Fl. Somalia 3: 173 (2006).
• K.B. 1895: 262 (1895)
• K.B. 9: 591 (1955)
• Kenya Ceropegia Scrapb.: 43, IX (1992)
• Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 93 (1958)
• U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 184 (1994)