Apocynaceae
Ceropegia

Ceropegia aristolochioides Decne.

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 9: 263 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Senegal to Eritrea and Tanzania, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530.
  • Hedberg, I., Edwards, S. & Nemomissa, S. (eds.) (2003). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 4(1): 1-352. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391. [Cited as Ceropegia sankuruensis.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut Fl. Sén. 57
  • F.T.A. 4, 1: 464
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 63, partly
  • H. Huber in Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 91.
  • in Ann. Sci. Nat., sér. 2, 9: 263 (1838)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 2, 9: 263 (1838).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 11, 2002 Classm, G. Kenya K:SPC-58515.000 No
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4500] Yemen K:SPC-39893.000 No
Gillett, J.B. [12895] Kenya K:SPC-01919.000 No
Wood, J.R.I. Yemen K:SPC-48472.000 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Vollesen, K. Ethiopia K:SPC-48325.000 No
Ethiopia K:SPC-45997.000 No
Noltee, F. [887] Yemen K:SPC-53319.000 No
Wood, J.R.I. [1874] Yemen K:SPC-45316.000 No
Wood, J.R.I. [3044] Yemen K:SPC-42734.000 No
Beccari [1870] Ethiopia K000305525 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillett, J.B. [12832] Kenya K:SPC-11370.000 No
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [171A] Yemen K:SPC-32308.000 No
Wood, J.R.I. [2979] Yemen K:SPC-45748.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [2111] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-42728.000 No
Raynal [s.n.] Senegal K:SPC-58611.000 No
Gilbert, M.G. [7461] Ethiopia K:SPC-50315.000 No
Uganda K:SPC-27610.000 No
van Someren, L.G. [S73] Kenya K:SPC-06737.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0