Apocynaceae
Ceropegia

Ceropegia stenantha K.Schum.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 152 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan to S. Africa. It is a climbing succulent and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia. Strelitzia 34: 1-158. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Archer in Upland Kenya Wild. Fl., ed. 2: 183 (1994).
  • Archer, Kenya CeropegiaScrapb.: 61, XIII (1992);
  • Brown in F.T.A. 4(1): 459 (1903).
  • Bullock in Kew Bull. 7: 425 (1953).
  • Huber  in Merxmüller, Prodr. Fl. Sudwestafr. 114: 25 (1967).
  • Huber in Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 123 (1958);
  • K. Schum. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 152 (1893).
  • Lisowski & Malaisse in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 44: 413–415, fig.6 (1974).
  • Malaisse, in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 54: 231, fig.9 (1984).
  • Masinde in F.T.E.A., Apocynaceae (part 2): 282–283 (2012).
  • Meve, Ill. Handb. Succ. Pl. Asclepiadaceae: 101–102 (2002).
  • Werdermann in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 70: 223 (1939).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia. Strelitzia 34: 1-158. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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

  • Cact. Succ. J. (US) 6: 107 (1999).
  • E.J. 17: 152 (1893)
  • E.J. 70: 223 (1939)
  • F.T.A. 4(1): 459 (1903)
  • K.B. 7: 425 (1953)
  • Kenya Ceropegia Scrapb.: 61, XIII (1992)
  • Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 123 (1958)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 183 (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 11, 2002 Carter; Stannard [438] Kenya K:SPC-40179.000 No
Cruse, A.W. [507] Zimbabwe K:SPC-01920.000 No
Leedal, G.P. [5392] Tanzania K:SPC-40400.000 No
Lotter, M.C.; Turpin, B.C. [1691] Mozambique K000787925 No
Wild, H. [2282] Zimbabwe K:SPC-03983.000 No
Bidgood, S.; Vollesen, K.; et al. [658] Tanzania K:SPC-53328.000 No
Verdick, G. [267] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000305532 Unknown Type Material Yes
Robson, N.K. [1294] Malawi K:SPC-01045.000 No
Goyder, D.J.; Paton, A.J. [4110] Zimbabwe K:SPC-60249.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [8401] Kenya K:SPC-11368.000 No
Holub, E. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K000305647 Type Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Polhill, R.M. [11622] Tanzania K:SPC-27826.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [4398] Zambia K:SPC-01921.000 No
Bruyns, P. [2290] Namibia K:SPC-49200.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [4398A] Zambia K:SPC-03982.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [2104] Sudan K000305522 Type Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2104] Sudan K000305521 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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