Echidnopsis urceolata

Echidnopsis urceolata

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: Echidnopsis
Species: Echidnopsis urceolata

Name edit

Echidnopsis urceolata P.R.O.Bally, 1963

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Ceropegia tubata Bruyns in S. African J. Bot. 116: 140 (2018)
    • Ceropegia urceolata (P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns in S. African J. Bot. 112: 418 (2017), homonym of a comb. nov. with a different basiony
  • Heterotypic
    • Echidnopsis jacksonii P.R.O.Bally ex Plowes in Haseltonia 1: 78 (1993)
    • Echidnopsis specksii T.A.McCoy in Kakteen And. Sukk. 54: 215 (2003)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Eastern africa
      • Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia

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

References edit

Primary references edit

Bally, P.R.O., 1963. Candollea 18: 342

Additional references edit

  • Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530.

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Vernacular names edit

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