Ceropegia nilotica

Ceropegia nilotica

Taxonavigation edit

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 nilotica

Name edit

Ceropegia nilotica Kotschy, 1865

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Ceropegia boussingaultiifolia Dinter in Neue Pfl. Südw.-Afr.: 21 (1914)
    • Ceropegia constricta N.E.Br. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 260 (1895)
    • Ceropegia decumbens P.R.O.Bally in Succulentes (France) 53: 133 (1957)
    • Ceropegia gemmifera K.Schum. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 328 (1903)
    • Ceropegia gossweileri S.Moore in J. Bot. 67(Suppl. 2): 99 (1929)
    • Ceropegia grandis E.A.Bruce in Fl. Pl. Africa 28: t. 1113 (1951)
    • Ceropegia mozambicensis Schltr. in J. Bot. 33: 273 (1895)
    • Ceropegia mozambicensis var. ulugurensis Werderm. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 70: 202 (1939)
    • Ceropegia nilotica var. plicata (E.A.Bruce) H.Huber in Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 105 (1957)
    • Ceropegia nilotica var. simplex H.Huber in Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 104 (1957)
    • Ceropegia plicata E.A.Bruce in Fl. Pl. South Africa 17: t. 675 (1937)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Angola, Botswana, Burkina, KwaZulu-Natal
    • Regional: Western Africa
      • Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Togo
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania
    • Regional: Central Africa
      • Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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العربية: غشوه نيليه
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