Ceropegia linearis

Ceropegia linearis

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 linearis
Subspecies: C. l. subsp. linearis – C. l. subsp. tenuis

Name

Ceropegia linearis E.Mey., 1836

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe Regional: Eastern Africa Kenya Introduced into: Bismarck Archipelago, Society Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Meyer, E.H.F. in E. H. F. Meyer & J. F. Drège, 1836. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 194.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ceropegia linearis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Ceropegia linearis. Published online. Accessed: Aug 13 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Ceropegia linearis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Aug 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Ceropegia linearis. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Ceropegia linearis. Accessed: 13 Aug 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ceropegia linearis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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