Apocynaceae
Ceropegia

Ceropegia meyeri-johannis Engl.

First published in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 343 (1892)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to Zimbabwe. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 7(3): 1-375. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Archer in Kenya CeropegiaScrapb.: 53, fig.11 (1992).
  • Archer in Upland Kenya Wild. Fl.: 391 (1974);
  • Bally in Fl. Pl. Africa 35: t.1371 (1962).
  • Brown in F.T.A. 4(1): 449 (1903).
  • Bullock in Kew Bull. 9: 590 (1955).
  • Engl. in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 343 (1892).
  • Huber in Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 154 (1958).
  • Masinde in F.T.E.A., Apocynaceae (part 2): 231 (2012).
  • Meve, Ill. Handb. Succ. Pl. Asclepiadaceae: 88 (2002).
  • Schumann in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 272, fig.C (1895).
  • Werdermann in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 70: 222 (1939).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 7(3): 1-375. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cact. Succ. J. (US) 6: 107–114 (1998 publ. 1999).
  • E & P. Pf. 4(2): 272, fig. C (1895)
  • E.J. 70: 222 (1939)
  • F.P.A. 35: t. 1371 (1962)
  • F.T.A. 4(1): 449 (1903)
  • Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 343 (1892)
  • K.B. 9: 590 (1954, publ. 1955)
  • Kenya Ceropegia Scrapb.: 53, XI (1992)
  • Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 154 (1958)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 183 (1994)
  • U.K.W.F.: 391 (1974)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1954 Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Tanzania K000305483 Unknown Type Material Yes
van Someren [Bally S94] Kenya K:SPC-60472.000 No
van Someren [223] Kenya K:SPC-58517.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [8406] Kenya K:SPC-01913.000 No
MacArthur [S.118] Kenya K:SPC-30832.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8677.A.] Tanzania K:SPC-03403.000 No
MacLoughlin [Bally S75] Kenya K:SPC-58612.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8677] Tanzania K:SPC-01036.000 No
Van Someren, V.L.G. [B810] Kenya Ceropegia angiensis K:SPC-30445.000 No
Bally [S92] Kenya Ceropegia angiensis K:SPC-59416.000 No
van Somelen [S 94] Kenya Ceropegia angiensis K:SPC-58522.000 No
van Someren, C. [S. 58., B. 1] Kenya Ceropegia angiensis K:SPC-03968.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [8405] Kenya Ceropegia angiensis K:SPC-05298.000 No
Someren, V. [B.820 (S.94)] Kenya Ceropegia angiensis K:SPC-03969.000 No
Van Someren, V.L.G. [223] Kenya Ceropegia angiensis K:SPC-05299.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3943] Zambia Ceropegia verdickii K:SPC-01922.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3943A] Zambia Ceropegia verdickii K:SPC-03985.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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