Apocynaceae
Ceropegia

Ceropegia subaphylla K.Schum.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 329 (1903)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Ethiopia to Kenya, Arabian Peninsula. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Flora of Somalia

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1956 Gillett, J.B. [4484] Somalia K000305517 Type Yes
Ellenbeck [190a] Somalia K000305518 Holotype Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4190] Somalia K000305519 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ellenbeck [190] Somalia K000305520 Type Yes
Collenette, J.S. [8263] Saudi Arabia Ceropegia botrys K:SPC-62862.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [6359] Ceropegia mansouriana K:SPC-49806.000 Type No
Carter [1895] Sudan Ceropegia mansouriana K:SPC-52785.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [5913] Saudi Arabia Ceropegia mansouriana K:SPC-50943.000 No
Glover; Gilliard Ceropegia nuda K:SPC-58570.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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