Ceropegia elegans

Ceropegia elegans

Ceropegia elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Ceropegia
Sectio: C. sect. Janthina
Species: Ceropegia elegans

Name

Ceropegia elegans Wall., 1830

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ceropegia elegans var. walkerae (Wight) Trimen in Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 165 (1895)
  • Ceropegia ledgeri N.E.Br. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 121 (1913)
  • Ceropegia mysorensis Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 846 (1844)
  • Ceropegia similis N.E.Br. in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 40: 384 (1906)
  • Ceropegia sphenanantha Wight & Arn. in Contr. Bot. India: 31 (1834)
  • Ceropegia sphenanthera Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 643 (1844)
  • Ceropegia walkerae Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1266 (1848)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka Regional: Southeastern Asia Myanmar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Wallich, N., 1830. Bot. Mag. 57: t. 3015

Additional references

• Kambale, S.S. & Yadav, S.R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) in India. Rheedea 29: 1-115.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ceropegia elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 02. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Ceropegia elegans. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 02. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Ceropegia elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 December 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ceropegia elegans. Published online. Accessed: December 02 2022.

Vernacular names

العربية: غشوة أنيقة

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