Apocynaceae
Ceropegia

Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn.

First published in Contr. Bot. India: 30 (1834)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India, Thailand. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Thailand

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.
  • Jagtap, A.P. & Singh, N.P. (1999). Fascicles of Flora of India 24: 1-332. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
  • Kambale, S.S. & Yadav, S.R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) in India. Rheedea 29: 1-115.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Pullaiah, T., Karuppuswamy, S. & Sri Ramamurthy, K. (2019). Monograph on Brachystelma and Ceropegia in India: 1-345. CRC Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kambale, S.S. & Yadav, S.R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) in India. Rheedea 29: 1-115.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1921 Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000894263 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1921 Wight, R. [2204] K000894265 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1921 Wight, R. [2204] India K000894264 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dalzell [s.n.] India K001325266 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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