Ceropegia sankuruensis Schltr.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 155 (1913)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and E. Zimbabwe. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berhaut, J. (1971). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 1: 1-626. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • H. Huber in Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 79.
  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 51: 155 (1913), as "sankurnensis"

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Archer in Upland Kenya Wild. Fl. ed. 2: 183 (1994).
  • Archer, Kenya CeropegiaScrapb.: 155, fig.30 (1992);
  • Bullock in F.W.T.A. ed. 2 2: 102 (1963).
  • De Wilde. in Bull. Jard. Bot. État. Bruxelles 7: 29 (1920).
  • Gilbert in Hedberg & Edwards, Fl. Ethiopia Eritrea 4(1): 165 fig.140.37.16 & 17 (2003).
  • Huber in Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 79 (1958).
  • Masinde in F.T.E.A., Apocynaceae (part 2): 271 (2012).
  • Schltr. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 155 (1913) (as “sankurnensis”).
  • Werdermann in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 70: 233 (1939).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berhaut, J. (1971). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 1: 1-626. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 7(3): 1-375. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Archer, Kenya Ceropegia Scrapb.: 155, XXX (1992)
  • B.J.B.B. 15: 233 (1938)
  • B.J.B.B. 7: 29 (1920))
  • Cact. Succ. J. (US) 6: 107 (1999).
  • F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 102 (1963)
  • Mem. Soc Brot. 12: 79 (1958)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 183 (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1998 Meve, U. [908] Cameroon K000028341 No
Jan 1, 1956 Talbot, P.A. [174] Nigeria K000305373 Type Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3889] Kenya K:SPC-01926.000 No

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