Category: Ceropegia

Ceropegia maculata Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 52 (1864); . India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . S. India as per POWO; . Common name: Spotted Ceropegia . Slender glabrous herbs. Leaves to 8.5 x 5.5 cm, ovate, acute or acuminate, base obtuse or rounded, membranous; nerves 3 pairs; […]

Endangered as per Link; . Ceropegia beddomei Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 4: 75 (1883); . India (Kerala) as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Kerala Ceropegia, Beddome’s Ceropegia . Hook. f. ; sparsely pubescent, leaves subsessile elongate linear-lanceolate acuminate, nerves very slender, peduncle stout hispid few-fld., sepals filiform, corolla 3 in. long slightly curved, tube slender […]

Ceropegia ensifolia Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 52 (1864) (syn: Ceropegia albiflora Hook.f.; Ceropegia ciliata subsp. ensifolia (Bedd.) H.Huber); . India (SW-Ghats (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)) as per CoL; . Common name: Sword-Leaf Ceropegia . Glabrous twiner; tuber 2.5 cm across, subglobose. Leaves to 10 x 0.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, base attenuate into a short petiole. Cymes 5-10 cm […]

Ceropegia penicillata (Deflers) Bruyns (Syn: Boucerosia penicillata Defl.; Caralluma penicillata (Defl.) N. E. Br.; Caralluma penicillata var. robusta (N. E. Br.) White & Sloane; Caralluma robusta N. E. Br.; Desmidorchis penicillata (Defl.) D. C. H. Plowes; Echidnopsis golathii Schweinf. ex Defl.);  Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir), Oman (Mascat & Oman), Yemen (Aden Desert, N-Inner Yemen, Tihama, […]

Ceropegia malwanensis (S. R. Yadav & N. P. Singh) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 430. 2017 [18 Jul 2017] (syn: Brachystelma malwanense S. R. Yadav & N. P. Singh; Brachystelma naorojii P. Tetali, D. K. Kulkarni, S. Tetali & M. S. Kunzbhojkar); India as per Catalogue of Life;     Brachystelma malwanense vegetative stage : […]

Ceropegia saldanhae (Britto & Bruyns) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 430. 2017 [18 Jul 2017] (syn: Brachystelma saldanhae Britto & Bruyns); India (Tamil Nadu) as per Catalogue of Life;   Brachystelma saldanhae S.J. Britto & P.V. Bruyns for addition to eflora page : 10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)- around 800 kb each.  I […]

Ceropegia longifolia Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 56 1830. (syn: Ceropegia angustifolia Wight; Ceropegia borii Raizada; Ceropegia lanceolata Wight & Arn.; Ceropegia longifolia Hook.f. & Thomson [Illegitimate]); . Tibet, China (Yunnan), India (E- & NE-India, Himalayas), Burma, Nepal, Darjeeling, Bangladesh, Bhutan as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Longleaf Ceropegia . Ceropegia longifolia Wall. […]

Ceropegia lucida Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 33 1831. (syn: India (E-Himalaya, NE-India), peninsular Malaysia (Penang), Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay), China (Guangdong, Hainan), Thailand as per Catalogue of Life Common name: Shining Ceropegia   Ceropegia lucida Wall. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)-Ceropegia lucida paper.pdf – Ceropegia lucida- rediscovery & new distribution record for aAunachal […]

Ceropegia pubescens Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 81 1831. (syn: Ceropegia tsaiana Tsiang); . Common name: Yellow Himalayan Ceropegia • Nepali: बन सिमि Ban Semi . China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, India (NE-India, temperate Himalayas, Darjeeling) as per Catalogue of Life; . Ceropegia pubescens Wall. : 6 posts by 4 authors. […]

Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii (Schltr.) Huber, Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 118 1957. (syn: Ceropegia barbertonensis N. E. Br.; Ceropegia collaricorona Werderm.; Ceropegia euryacme Schltr.; Ceropegia hastata N. E. Br.; Ceropegia leptocarpa Schltr.; Ceropegia schoenlandii N. E. Br.; Ceropegia woodii Schltr.); . Ceropegia woodii is a flowering plant in the genus Ceropegia (Apocynaceae), native to South […]

Ceropegia spiralis Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1267 1848. (syn: Ceropegia munroi Wight); Ceropegia spiralis Wight (Images by TSP Kumar (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))   Common name: Spiral Ceropegia • Marathi: Pilachi Khantudi Tubers subglobose, 2-4 cm diam. Stem slender, 25-35 cm high. Leaves seemingly clustered towards […]

Images by Sushant More (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Ceropegia mohanramii S.R.Yadav, M.N.Gavade & Sardesai, Rheedea 16: 33 2006.; Common name: Mohanram’s Ceropegia   Ceropegia mohanramii (Apocynaceae) : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Small 20 cm herb, linear leaves, flowers solitary  restricted to lateratic plateau of of Malwan in Kokan Maharashtra  Flowering in mid august […]

Images by Sushant More Ceropegia mahabalei Hemadri & Ansari, Indian Forester 97: 105 1971.;   Ceropegia mahabalei (Apcynaceae) : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Herbs, tuberous, erect, 25 cm;stems terete, hairy. Leaves subseasile, linear, hairy above , acute, Flowers solitary; peduncles, pedicels and calyx hairy; corolla 5.5-10.0 cm, base largely inflated, narrowed in neck, […]

Ceropegia candelabrum var. biflora (L.) Ansari, Fasc. Fl. India 16: 12 1984. (Syn: Ceropegia biflora L.); . TSP10OCT2015-1: Ceropegia candelabrium var biflora for validation. : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4) Sighted this Ceropegia sp near Magadi, Bangalore rural, Karnataka, about 800 msl on 15-08-2015 in an enclosure in a scrub forest. I believe […]

Ceropegia gardneri Thwaites, Bot. Mag. 88: t. 5306 1862.; . seer-oh-PEEJ-ee-uh — from the Greek keros (wax) and pege (fountain) … Dave’s Botanary gard-NAIR-ee — named for Mr. Gardner … Curtis’s Botanical Magazine . commonly known as: Mr. Gardner’s Ceropegia • Malayalam: കമ്മനംകിഴങ്ങ് kammanam kizhangu . Sharing images of Ceropegia elegans_variety:gardneri: 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6) It’s my pleasure to share a few images of […]

Ceropegia elegans Wall., Bot. Mag. 57: t. 3015 1830. (syn: .; Ceropegia elegans var. walkerae (Wight) Trimen; .; Ceropegia ledgeri N.E.Br.; Ceropegia mysorensis Wight; Ceropegia similis N.E.Br.; Ceropegia sphenanantha Wight & Arn.; Ceropegia sphenanthera Decne.; Ceropegia walkerae Wight);   Images by tspkumar  Twiners. Leaves to 4 x 3 cm, ovate, lanceolate, apex acute, base slightly […]

Ceropegia decaisneana Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1259 1848. (syn: Ceropegia brevicollis Hook.f.; Ceropegia decaisneana var. brevicollis (Hook.f.) H.Huber); . Twiners, root tuberous. Leaves to 11 x 1.5 cm, linear lanceolate, apex apiculate, base obtuse, membranous; petiole 1.5 cm. Cymes axillary; peduncle to 10 cm long; pedicels 1.2 cm long; calyx linear, 3 […]

  Images by Sushant More Ceropegia anjanerica Malpure, M.Y.Kamble & S.R.Yadav, Curr. Sci. 91: 1141 2006. ;   It differs from allied species in having flower up to 3.5 cm long, narrowly obovate, and flat (not linear and reflexed) corolla lobes forming an obovate (not attenuate) head. Flowering period: August- September Perennial erect herbs. Rootstock […]

Ceropegia huberi Ansari, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 219 1969.;   Images by Sushant More and Prashant Awale  Habit: Twiner Notes: Along Western Ghats. Endemic Maharashtra: Kolhapur,Ratnagiri, Satara (From India Biodiversity Portal Attributions- G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram)     Ceropegia huberi […]

Images by Sushant More Ceropegia evansii McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 45: 209 1945. ;   Common name: Evans Ceropegia • Marathi: इवान खरपुडी   Habit: Twiner Notes: Low slopes. Endemic Maharashtra: Pune, Ratnagiri (From India Biodiversity Portal Attributions- G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras […]