Echidnopsis cereiformis

Echidnopsis cereiformis
Echidnopsis cereiformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Echidnopsis
Species: Echidnopsis cereiformis

Name

Echidnopsis cereiformis Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 97: t. 5930. (1871)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Ceropegia cereiformis (Hook.f.) Bruyns in S. African J. Bot. 112: 417 (2017)
  • Heterotypic
    • Apteranthes cylindrica (Brongn.) Decne. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 13: 406 (1871)
    • Apteranthes tessellata Decne. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 13: 406 (1871)
    • Boucerosia cylindrica Brongn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 900 (1860)
    • Ceropegia nubica (N.E.Br.) Bruyns in S. African J. Bot. 112: 417 (2017)
    • Echidnopsis cereiformis var. brunnea A.Berger in Malpighia 16: 160 (1902)
    • Echidnopsis cereiformis var. obscura A.Berger in Malpighia 16: 160 (1902)
    • Echidnopsis cylindrica (Brongn.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 274 (1895)
    • Echidnopsis nubica N.E.Br. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 263 (1895)
    • Echidnopsis tessellata (Decne.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 274 (1895)
    • Stapelia cylindrica Horkel ex Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. 97: t. 5930 (1871)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Peninsular Arabia
      • Yemen

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Hooker, W.J. 1871. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. XCVII [= Vol. XXVII of the third series.] |Pp, 5878–5942, Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page. : 97: t. 5930.

Additional references

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Vernacular names

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