Ceropegia filifolia

Ceropegia filifolia

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
Species: Ceropegia filifolia

Name

Ceropegia filifolia (Schltr.) Bruyns, 2017

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Brachystelma filifolium (Schltr.) Peckover in Aloë 33: 43 (1996), without basionym date.
  • Macropetalum filifolium Schltr. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 36 (1905)
  • Tenaris filifolia (Schltr.) N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(1): 797 (1908)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. 2017. A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae). South African Journal of Botany 112: 399–436. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.06.021 Reference page. : 112: 433

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ceropegia filifolia 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 filifolia. 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 filifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 December 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ceropegia filifolia. Published online. Accessed: December 02 2022.

Vernacular names

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