Ceropegia taprobanica

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 taprobanica

Name

Ceropegia taprobanica H.Huber in M.D. Dassanayake & F.R. Fosberg, eds., Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4: 116. 1983.

• Typus: Sri Lanka, Trimen s.n., 26.9.1888 (Holotypus: PDA)

Distribution

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

References

• Huber H 1983. Asclepiadaceae. pp. 73-124 in Dassanayake M.D. & Fosberg, F.R. (eds.) A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Vol. IV. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.